Job Role : Accounts Assistant Reporting to: Management Accountant Location: : Head Office, Birmingham The Company: As one of the leading high street opticians and hearing care providers, Scrivens was established in1938 by qualified optician and pharmacist, Solomon Scriven. We now have over 180 optical and hearing care branches within the UK from Hartlepool in the north to Penzance in the south, Diss in the east to Rhyl in the west. As we continue to grow, weve made sure that our core focus has remained the same Providing our customers with excellent service and clinical excellence. Scope and Remit of the Role: Your role will be to provide support in preparation of the management accounts based at Head Office. You will assist the management accounting team in meeting the period end activities to ensure management accounting journals are processed as per the pre-defined schedules. Key responsibilities: Assist in the timely posting of periodic management accounting journals Reconcile, review and post monthly utilities costs journals Post utilities and other overheads direct debit payments to reconcile the bank Reconciliation and payments posting of the assigned bank accounts Prepare and post hearing aid audiologist commission journals Assist in periodic balance sheet accounts reconciliations Assist in maintaining the assets register and calculations of depreciations as per the applicable schedules Preparing and posting various journals as allocated by the supervisor Adhering to the strict predefined schedules of the management accounting department Provide cover during other finance staff absence Ensure adherence to the Companys procedures and financial compliance Assist the Management Accountant in other ad hoc responsibilities as required Key Personnel Attributes: Minimum 2 years experience in accounts department Strong Microsoft Excel skills Experience of dealing with high volumes of work Ability to plan and organise work schedule effectively ADZN1_UKTJ