Our client, a key player in the aerospace industry, is seeking a diligent Graduate Accounts Assistant to join their finance team. This permanent position offers an excellent opportunity to kick-start your career in finance and accounting.
Key Responsibilities:- Assisting with the processing and settlement of supplier and customer invoices
- Handling financial reporting and bookkeeping tasks
- Promoting a safe workplace environment and adhering to policies.
- Accurately clocking time and job cost bookings
- Maintaining a clean and organised workspace
Accounts Payable:
- Printing and processing invoices and credit notes
- Building and maintaining supplier relationships
- Co-managing the shared AP inboxes
- Responding to supplier and internal queries effectively and promptly
Accounts Receivable:
- Preparing, reviewing, and distributing sales invoices
- Resolving invoice queries and disputes
- Liaising with customers to ensure timely cash receipt
- Monitoring payment status of invoices
Financial Reporting and Bookkeeping:
- Supporting VAT return preparation and analysis
- Posting bank and loan transactions, and updating cashbooks
- Reconciling bank statements
- Monitoring fixed asset spend versus forecast
- Updating fixed asset register and posting depreciation
- Supporting external audit requests
- Collaborating with other departments and key stakeholders
- Experience working in an accounts payable function with high volume invoice processing
- Proficiency with Microsoft products, including Excel and Outlook
- Working knowledge of financial reporting software
Desirable:
- Experience with Tropos and Coda is advantageous but not essential
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Strong time management and organisational skills
- Ability to work accurately under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Mathematical, accounting, data analysis, and data entry aptitude
- Problem-solving abilities
If you are a graduate with a keen interest in finance and accounting and wish to grow within finance, we would be delighted to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic finance team.