Commercial Accountant

COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTANT - UP TO £45K - 12 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT - APRIL START DATE - HYBRID - OXFORD]

Robert Half are thrilled to be working exclusively with an innovative organisation in Oxford that are looking for a full-time Commercial Accountant to join their close-knit finance team for a 12 month fixed term contract to cover materntiy leave.

Responsibilities:

• Raise and process invoices, ensuring month-end deadlines are met.
• Issue and match credit notes as needed.
• Manage the AR inbox, resolving queries promptly.
• Help allocate cash received to customer invoices.
• Reconcile AR ledgers monthly, investigating discrepancies.
• Chase overdue payments and issue dunning letters.
• Raise and post all Revenue and Cost of Sales journals.
• Identify missing Revenue and Cost of Sales postings, working with Customer Excellence and Logistics to resolve missing delivery and SAT dates.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for deferred revenue and expenses, identifying and resolving reconciling items.
• Support in delivering monthly Revenue and Gross Margin reporting, investigating and explaining variances to budget.
• Update and distribute bookings and backlog reports to the business.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the broader O2C process, assisting with routine financial queries, including confirming financial details (e.g. bank letters).

Requirements:

• AAT qualified.
• Recent experience of accounts receivable/credit control.
• Experience of double entry accounting.
• Good Excel and communication skills.
• CIMA/ACCA part qualified desirable, but not essential.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Up to 7% employer matched pension contribution.
• Private healthcare insurance from day one plus critical illness cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Benefits Nursery Scheme to employees after 3 months.

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