Trainee Accountant | Permanent | Stonehouse
Job Summary
Work with the finance team to complete and learn key aspects of the financial processes and analysis as required:
* Assist in the production of the management accountants and provide insight and reporting for managers together with developing key analysis and insights
* Assist the finance payments manager with Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger processes
* Assist as a point of contact for IT services and over time become a key user of applications
Key Relationships
* Finance team / business stakeholders
Main Duties and Key Responsibilities
Assist in the production of the management accounts as directed by the management accountants, this will include:
* Assisting to complete month end close procedures (including accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations)
* Analysis of accounts to understand spend and assist budget holders
* Develop relationships with key business owners to support them with ad hoc analysis and reporting to meet the business needs
* Completion of reporting for external reporting for government and compliance
* Operational support in specific areas as required (e.g. Chep pallet reconciliations, stocktake support, etc)
* Assist in process development and analysis as required
* Support the FP&A manager and Management accountants as required
Assist the finance payments manager with Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger processes:
* Processing and investigating differences on purchase ledger invoices
* Reconciliation of customer and supplier accounts
* Supporting the process to create and distribute customer and supplier price lists
* Support the payment manager with as required
* Provide holiday cover
Assist as a point of contact for IT services and over time become a key user of applications:
* Be a point of contact on site for our external IT providers
Skills and Abilities
* Great communicator, both internal and external
* Attention to detail, accuracy and speed
* Well organized and able to achieve results
* Tenacity
* Self-motivated
* Team player: work department leads and their teams
Knowledge and Experience
* Desire to study for a professional qualification (CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
* Willing to learn and has a good grasp of excel and ideally used an ERP platform
For further information, please contact Rhian Mountjoy
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