Accounts Administrator
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| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire |
| Area | Hertfordshire, England |
| Sector | Accountancy and Finance - Credit ControlAccountancy and Finance - Purchase LedgerAccountancy and Finance - Sales Ledger |
| Salary | £26,000 to £28,000 per annum |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | SP Business |
| Job Ref | HW/2584 |
| Job Views | 32 |
- Description
- Are you confident in the purcase ledger process within accounts?
Are you AAT Qualified or expereinced within accounts at the same level?
Do you want to work for a company with some excellent benefits?
Benefits:- Holiday entitlement: 25 days per annum plus Bank Holidays
- Bonus incentive schemes
- Life insurance
- Sickness/accident salary protection insurance scheme
- Auto enrolment pension
- Training and development
- Free parking
- Free 24 hour gym facilities
- Bring your dog to work day
- Social events
- Dedicated staff room and outdoor terrace area
Role Overview:
The role requires a dual focus between assisting the Group Accountant in ensuring the provision of effective financial control, monitoring and reporting systems across the organisation, and overseeing the smooth operation of transactional accounting functions.
The role requires close supervision of the purchase ledger liabilities (PLL), ensuring the purchase ledger accounts are maintained and reconciled to ensure the accuracy and validity of the commitments to creditors.
Principle Accountabilities:- Assisting with the bookkeeping, to include assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts;
- Producing timely and accurate management information to support the operational and senior leadership in running the business units;
- Assisting in the tidy upkeep of the general/nominal ledger, to include the completion of balance sheet reconciliations monthly;
- Working with operational teams to resolve unmatched or incomplete cost and revenue items; supporting effective management of work in progress;
- Assist with the processing of payroll for the group as required, adhering to set deadlines, to include the timely filing of returns and payments to HMRC;
- Preparation of quarterly VAT returns for the group; ensuring compliance in all relevant areas;
- Reconciliation of monthly employee charge card statements, chasing up non-receipted transactions and escalating queries to management as necessary;
- Monthly reconciliation of supplier statements ensuring all liabilities have been accounted for;
- Ensuring the purchase invoicing process runs as efficiently as possible encouraging all in the process to achieve their deadlines;
- Analysing potential problematic invoices and escalating to the Group Accountant, or in the instance of either fraud or magnitude, to the Managing Director;
- Production of the monthly CIS returns, ensuring correct deductions are made and applied as per HMRC guidelines. Carrying out routine audits to ensure continued compliance;
- Dealing with supplier queries ensuring they are brought to a conclusion in a timely manner;
- Maintenance of the creditors including opening new accounts, resolving unallocated amounts and agreeing appropriate credit terms;
- Overseeing creditor payments to ensure liabilities are paid within their agreed terms;
- Maintaining up to date and relevant written procedures, reflecting all developments and improvements to ensure the continued application of best practice;
- To work with Group Accountant to identify requirements to support and cross-train colleagues in order to provide the department with resilience during times of absence when taking annual leave;
- To proactively define, plan and undertake continuing professional development to the standard required by the relevant accountancy body(s).
