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Accounts Assistant | Port-Solent | £25K to £28K
Fantastic opportunity to grow your finance career in a prestigious sector
Office based | Monday to Friday 9:00 - 17:30
Butler Rose is delighted to be partnering with a well-established maritime company involved in sales of luxury leisure watercraft. With the business growing at a good rate across both the UK and Spain, we're looking for an ambitious Accounts Assistant to join the team.
You'll be working with a friendly and hardworking team and will be involved in a broad range of finance tasks. Working alongside the Finance Manager and other team members, you will assist in analysing financial records to look for errors and discrepancies. Together you will help develop and improve an efficient workflow process.
THE KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE ROLE ARE:
- Day-to day bookkeeping including bank and credit card (multiple currency) reconciliations, customer / supplier statement reconciliations, payroll journals and posting accounting adjustments/journals.
- Knowledge in handling monthly intercompany reconciliation with subsidiary companies, head office and other associate companies.
- Capable in assisting with the finalisation of the quarterly VAT returns and other monthly and yearend reporting.
- Processing of domestic and EC sales invoices and completing Intrastat statements were required.
- Liaise with HMRC, clients, banks, and suppliers.
- Other general administration as required.
As your experience and confidence grows as will your role and title, with lots of opportunity to support with:
- Preparation of monthly management accounts and related reporting and analysis.
- Preparation of monthly financial statements.
- Assist with producing robust budgets and forecasts.
- Creating bespoke financial reports for both the Finance Manager and Managing Director
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
- Working towards AAT, or similar qualification OR qualified by experience
- must have good level of technical understanding and quick to grasp new tasks.
- Excellent level of SAGE (preferred but not essential), Microsoft Office Suite especially Excel
COMPETENCIES
- Organisational skills, able to prioritise workload and complete multiple tasks to tight deadlines.
- A self-starter, adaptable person with problem solving mentality and can-do attitude.
- Confidence to ask questions and/or seek solutions when required.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
- Good interpersonal skills. Works in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues, clients, and suppliers.
- Ability to remain firm yet polite and professional when dealing with difficult issues.
- Take responsibility and accountability for own work.
This role is being advertised by David Marchant at Butler Rose (AGY). To discuss the role in more detail, please send your CV directly to or call
Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
