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Description:

Job Purpose
The Accounts Assistant will responsible for banking of cheques and the cash received and cash paid books. Maintain both cash received and cash payments book and update them on a regular basis by printing online bank statements. Perform monthly bank reconciliations at month-end, assist in the preparation of monthly payroll journal and payments to pension schemes.

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all filing is done accurately and on a regular basis
• Provide assistance to the monthly management accounts processes
• Receive, record and process all purchase invoices
• Request and manage petty cash
• Ensure all purchase invoices have been authorised and coded before entering onto the purchase ledger
• Preparation of statutory payments
• Daily Posting of all sales invoices to the sales ledger and chase up non-paying customers on a weekly basis
• Receive and process all expense claim forms and requests for payments
• Be responsible for filing, data entry, answering phones
• Processing transactions, issuing checks, and updating ledgers, budgets, etc.
• Help the Senior Accountant to gather data for Preparation of financial reports.
• Assisting with audits, fact checks, and resolving discrepancies

Required Skills & Personal Attributes

• Absolute attention to detail
• Analytic Skills
• Strong   oral and written communication skills, with the ability to explain information in a clear and understandable way to non-finance professionals
• Strong   team   player, with   a   willingness   to   assist   and   learn   from colleagues
• Ability to work in a changing and flexible organisation
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends
  

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