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You will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of day-to-day transactional processing for all legal entities in the group. You will manage two accounts assistants and oversee the day-to-day accounting operations and various reconciliation processes. Your responsibilities will include full ownership of Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, bank accounts and petty cash accounts and managing the payroll of one of the legal entities in the group.
Client Details
Our Northolt building services training & assessment centre is one of the most well established and respected centres in London and the South East. We provide modern facilities in a relaxed & friendly environment.Take a look around the centre to see where you'll be training.
Description
Senior Accounts Assistant
Must Have
- Strong Excel skills (competent in functions such as sum, sumif, vlookups, pivot tables etc)
- Demonstrate strong systems skills
- Strong numeracy skills
- Experienced at performing bank reconciliation in accounting packages
- Experienced at processing & reconciliation on AR, AP, intercompany balances
- Experienced at petty cash and credit card processing and reconciliation
- Experienced in payroll packages and monthly FPS/ PAYE year-end submissions
- Strong reconciliation skills (reconciliations including bank account, AR, AP, petty cash, intercompany)
Ideally Have
- Previous experience working with Sage 200 accounting software
- Previous experience with Sage 50 payroll or other payroll platform
- Previous experience with VAT submissions, reconciliation & payment
Accuracy of transactional processing
- Ownership of Accounts Receivable - manage and support two accounts assistants with AP processing & reconciliation
- Ownership of Accounts Payable - manage and support two accounts assistants with AR processing & reconciliation
- Responsible for ensuring bank account transactions (receipts/payments/transfers) are accurately processed and all bank accounts are reconciled
- Ownership of credit card processing and reconciliation
- Ownership of petty cash processing, reimbursement and reconciliation
- Responsible for preparation and booking of monthly intercompany charges; monthly reconciliation of intercompany balances within group
- Reconciling/checking exported data from CRM (currently V1) prior to daily import into SAGE accounting
- Dealing with accounts queries from Customer Services Team (CST)
- Responsible for timely SAGE v CRM customer accounts reconciliation
- Responsible for accurate processing & reconciliation of various merchant transactional services including Worldpay/paypal/cocoon
- Ownership pf preparation of deferred income spreadsheets for package courses
- Ownership of quarterly VAT submissions, payment and reconciliation for one legal entity
- Ownership of payroll and year-end submissions for one legal entity
Management accounting/FP&A
- Ownership of various monthly analysis spreadsheets (customer turnover and various major P&L costs)
- Ownership of fixed asset register for one legal entity
- Assist Financial Controller with preparation of monthly management accounts and annual budgets
Senior Accounts Assistant
Project work
- Assist with finance team's UAT of new CRM implementation (mid 2025)
Other responsibilities
- Develop appropriate financial controls and improve financial processes across the business
- Assist Financial Controller with preparation of annual statutory accounts and corporation year-end tax work for legal entities in group
- Other adhoc work as requested
Reports to
- Financial Controller
Profile
About You
- Detail-oriented "roll-up sleeves" attitude
- Strong communication skills
- Positive, collaborative, friendly and supportive attitude to work as a team
- Well-organised, pro-active
- Able to prioritise workload
- Commutable to Northolt
Job Offer
25 Days Holiday
Free Breakfast in the mornings
Pension
Friendly enviroment
Free parking
12 min walk from Northolt station
