Job description
Accounts Assistant Job Description
Job Title: Accounts Assistant
Department: Finance
Location: Luton Office/Remote
Reports to: UK Financial Accountant
Date: July 2023
Accounts Payable:
- Monitor the Accounts Payable e-mail account and process invoices that are received.
- Match the Purchase order to invoices ensuring correct information and values given.
- Ensure approval processes are correct and meet the current procedures and guidelines given and pass to the relevant manager for approval.
- Code all invoices and pass to the US team for processing.
- Prepare weekly payment schedule by downloading report from the Accounting System, and review payments before passing to the US team for processing.
- Identify the Direct Debit payments on the bank statement and send to the US team for processing.
- Reconcile Supplier Statements – Chase up any outstanding or missing invoices.
- Assist the Financial Accountant with payments outside of the AP (Intercompany, HMRC)
Fixed Assets:
- From the Accounts Payable task above, identify any assets, complete the additions form, and send to the India team for month end processing.
Month End duties:
- Monthly Bank Reconciliation
- Accruals & Prepayments
- Cash flow forecasting
- Quarterly VAT return
Ad Hoc:
Assist the Financial Accountant with P&L forecasting, budgeting and other ad hoc month end reporting tasks, including:
- National Statistics; Assisting the Financial Accountant by completing the National Statistics forms (Monthly/Quarterly/yearly)
- Cross train with AR Accountant to provide client billing support when required
- Assist with Courier Collections
Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Excel
- AAT qualified or equivalent.
- Enthusiastic and willingness to learn and to be able to be self-sufficient.
- 3 days in the office