Assistant Accountant 
* Location: Leatherhead, Surrey (Hybrid, 3 days from home, and 2 from the office)
* Job Type: Temporary for 3- 5 months
* Hours: 35 hours per week 
* Hourly rate: £16.00 PAYE or £19.84 via an umbrella company.
We are seeking an Assistant Accountant to join our finance team on a temporary basis during a critical period of year-end activities and system migration. This role is integral to ensuring that our accounting system is up-to-date and accurate. The successful candidate will be proactive, customer-focused, and capable of building strong relationships across the organisation.
Day to Day of the role:
* Ensure invoices are correctly coded, authorised, and filed.
* Make timely payments to suppliers, tenants, and staff for expenses.
* Handle new vendor creation and vendor changes.
* Prepare weekly BACS payment runs to ensure creditors are paid within their terms.
* Maintain signatory lists for invoice approval and payments.
* Manage day-to-day banking matters and liaise with transactional bankers.
* Perform bank and balance sheet reconciliations, maintaining accurate balances.
* Resolve supplier queries effectively.
* Post transactions to the accounts ledger, including credit card transactions, staff expenses, and all bank movements.
* Complete the month-end purchase ledger close procedure.
* Forecast short-term cash flow on a weekly/monthly basis and liaise with the Treasury regarding funding requirements.
* Assist with internal and external audits.
* Support the Finance Manager with month-end or year-end reporting as required.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
* AAT qualified or part-qualified.
* At least 2 years of experience working in a finance team.
* Knowledge of basic accounting principles, including reconciliations.
* Experience with Purchase Ledger.
* Understanding of VAT.
* Ability to build good working relationships and possess strong communication skills.
* Advanced proficiency in Excel and Word.
* Housing Sector experience is desirable but not essential.
* Experience of Business Central would be ideal.