Heyland Recruitment are currently working with this niche manufacturing business based in the Haslingden area as they look to recruit an experienced accountant to join their finance team. Reporting directly to an offsite Group CFO this is a standalone role from a finance perspective where you will be required to manage all aspects of the accounts function.
Key responsibilities:
1. Implementing and maintaining an online Accounts Package such as Sage or Xero
2. AP - Checking and matching Purchase Invoices to PO & Receipt
3. AP - Preparing monthly Supplier Bacs payments for review and approval
4. AP - Preparing Creditor Reconciliations to Statements
5. AR - Checking Sales Invoices before sending to Customers
6. AR - ensuring that due and overdue amounts from Customers are collected in a timely manner
7. GL - posting all bank receipts and payments, and AP/AR transactions onto Sage/Xero
8. GL - maintaining Accruals & Prepayments lists
9. Payroll - Liasing with Senior Managers & Payroll Bureau, for the preparation of monthly payroll data for processing
10. Submission of HMRC Returns including those for VAT & Payroll etc
11. Preparing Reports for Senior Managers
12. Advising on finance-related decisions
13. Developing and managing financial systems/policies.
14. Preparing a monthly Trial Balance for Group CFO
15. Identifying problem areas and presenting recommendatio...