Full job description Accounts Assistant
£33,000 to £35,000 | Watford | Mon – Fri | 9am to 5:30pm | Office Based
Are you an ambitious finance professional looking to take the next step in your accounting career?
We’re recruiting an Accounts Assistant to join a successful international group in Watford, offering a salary of £33,000–£35,000 and excellent exposure across month-end, cashflow, VAT, balance sheet reconciliations and budgeting.
Working closely with the Financial Controller, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone with 2+ years’ finance experience who is currently studying towards AAT, ACCA or CIMA, good knowledge of double entry bookkeeping and wants to broaden their experience within a busy commercial finance environment.
Qualifications & Professional Experience Required
* 2 years’+ UK based experience within finance in commercial side of accounts or accounting practice (auditing firm)
* Studying towards AAT, ACCA or CIMA
* Good knowledge of double entry bookkeeping is necessary
* Good excel skills necessary
* Working with strict deadlines
* Good work ethics with enthusiasm
Roles and Responsibilities
* Assisting Weekly Cash Flow & payment run
* Monitoring the Accounts inbox
* Posting Sales & Purchase Invoices & Credit Notes onto Sage
* Monthly and Quarterly close preparations
* Ensuring Invoices/documents are authorised as per company procedures
* Checking bank statements and updating cashbooks for all currencies including the E-commerce Sales
* Monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations
* VAT reconciliations
* Preparing and maintaining varies excel worksheets monthly
* Assisting monthly cashflow preparation
* Assisting yearly budgeting preparation
* Assisting the Financial Controller
* Carrying out ad-hoc tasks
What’s in It for You?
* Up To £40,000 per annum (depending on qualifications & experience)
* 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
* Additional days holiday between Christmas and New Year if the Directors decide to close the business
* Standard working hours 9 to 5:30 - 30 min lunch = 40 hours a week
* 1-day WFH after probation and training at the company’s sole discretion (non-contractual)
* Workplace Pension Scheme
* 60% Discount on our products that we have on Ecommerce
* Sample sales 2+ times a year
* Short Leave – with pre-approval from Line Manager to take up to 2 hours off without deduction from holiday allowance
* Statutory sick pay
* Annual pay review and/or bonus at the Directors discretion
If you have all the essential requirements and are ready for your next challenge, contact Louise at 121 Personnel -