Assistant Accountant
£32-£38k
Barnwood, Gloucester
My client is a rapidly expanding national distributor of flooring products. We are looking for someone to join the small friendly team based in Gloucester.
Previous experience in a similar role is essential
Whats in it for you as an Assistant Accountant?
The main purpose of this role is to provide a high level of accounts support
On site café, free onsite parking
Key Tasks:
Enter purchase invoices and credits to Xero in GBP and foreign currencies
Run monthly Aged Payables for payment run
Reconcile supplier statements to Xero
Match bank payments and receipts to suppliers and customer accounts
Reconcile bank transactions daily
Run monthly reports on Xero for Aged Receivables
Send monthly statements to customers
Processing new customer account applications
Credit control customer accounts due for payment
Create expense claims and post to accounts
Create a monthly customer data report for external users
Run reports in Xero and export to Excel and manipulate to create Sales Team Commission statements
Reconcile credit card account on Xero
Log onto HMRC and download PVA statements for import into Xero
Run quarterly VAT reports and submit to HMRC
Run quarterly reports on PAYE, VAT, pension, director loan accounts and reconcile
Use Dext Prepare to check purchase and sales invoices for subsidiary for export into Xero
In Xero import invoices and then allocate payments and receipts
Reconcile bank
Run VAT report and submit VAT return
Run monthly payroll for staff using Payroll Manager software
Produce payroll reports and enter to Journal on Xero
Run monthly director payroll
Responsible for bookkeeping of small subsidiary company
Any other ad hoc tasks
Must haves for an Assistant Accountant
Able to write own letters and emails chasing overdue debts
High level of verbal communication skills required to liaise with customers and suppliers
work on own initiative and prioritise and manage workload
High level of knowledge of Xero, Outlook and Excel
Previous bookkeeping experience in sales ledger, purchase ledger and nominal ledger and creating journals is essential
Create Excel spreadsheets that can capture and manipulate data
Team player
Strong attention to detail
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