Based in Streetly, Sutton Coldfield an attractive opportunity has arisen for an Accounts Assistant with a keen eye for detail to join a busy company where you will play a crucial role in the daily running of the financial side of the business. This position is part-time, working Monday to Friday, 25 hours per week.
You will be working for an organisation that has been established since the 1980s with a strong reputation within the West Midlands. Benefits include 28 days holiday including Bank Holidays pro rata (holidays increase with service), free car parking, social events and potential yearly company bonus.
As the Accounts Assistant, your duties will include:
- Being responsible for the bank reconciliation
- Recording up to 100 purchase invoices accurately to the correct nominal codes, raising purchase payments schedules and processing cheques or BAC’s payments
- Creating new accounts and entering high-volume sales invoices produced by the branches
- Monitoring aged debtors, recording Lettings management fees and receipting payments
- Dealing with debit card payments
- Reallocating costs to branches via invoicing or journals
- Receipting bank payments for 2 external companies
- Assisting the Accounts Manager with the production of monthly management accounts for numerous branches and departments
- Assisting the branches with any queries
- Assisting with monthly payroll for approximately 120 employees over 4 payroll companies
To be the successful Accounts Assistant, you will:
- Have previous experience working within accounts/finance or book-keeping
- Have knowledge and experience in processing payroll, however, this is not essential
- Hold or be working towards an AAT certificate or related accountancy qualification, however, this is not essential
- Have knowledge of Sage 50 accounts and Sage 50 payroll, however, this is not essential
- Have good computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft Excel to intermediate level
- You may have experience of the following: Payroll Administrator, Payroll Clerk, Purchase Ledger Clerk, Sales Ledger Clerk, Finance Processor, AAT, Finance Clerk, Double Entry Bookkeeping, Bookkeeper or the spelling variation: Bookkeeper, Book-keeper or Bookeeper; Sage, Xero, Quickbooks, Pegasus
As the Accounts Assistant, you will receive a salary of circa £21,000 pro-rata depending on experience / hourly pay rate is circa £10.77 per hour depending on experience, plus a fantastic range of benefits.