Accounts Assistant

Watford - office based with on-site parking

£33-35k depending on experience

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, company discounts

Our client, an e-commerce business with their HQ in Watford are recruiting for an experienced Accounts Assistant to join their team. The suitable candidate will have 2 years' experience in a commercial finance role, or accountancy practice with double entry bookkeeping knowledge and will be studying towards their CIMA/ACCA or be AAT qualified. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Assisting Weekly Cash Flow & payment run

• Monitoring the Accounts inbox

• Posting Sales & Purchase Invoices & Credit Notes onto Sage

• Monthly and Quarterly close preparations 

• Ensuring Invoices/documents are authorised as per company procedures

• Checking bank statements and updating cashbook for all currencies including the E-commerce Sales

• Monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations 

• VAT reconciliations

• Preparing and maintaining varies excel worksheets monthly

• Assisting monthly cashflow preparation

• Assisting yearly budgeting preparation

• Assisting the Financial Controller

• Carrying out ad-hoc tasks 

Skills & experience:

Professional experience:

• 2 years’+ experience within finance in commercial side of accounts or accounting practice (auditing firm). 

• Good knowledge of double entry bookkeeping is necessary.

• Good excel skills necessary.

• Working with strict deadlines.

• Good work ethics with enthusiasm.

 

Please apply now for immediate consideration.