Assistant Accountant Leeds, England
Job description
Assistant Accountant
If you are looking for an interesting and varied position, with excellent career prospects, a supportive team environment, as well as a detailed benefits package in a growing organisation,
As a NSI Gold company, Gough and Kelly is a premier provider of security products and services and has served the north of England for over three decades. We are one of Yorkshire’s fastest growing companies, and we work with clients including Leeds United FC, the LNER Stadium and Sheffield University.
We are now looking for a motivated Assistant Accountant, to help support the continued growth of Gough and Kelly, by working closely with the Finance Manager to ensure the smooth running of the Finance, Looking after the Purchase Ledger, Bank reconciliations and Sales Ledger
There are 3 companies in the group and you will be responsible for the timely collection of outstanding invoices across the 3 businesses. The Finance team is a team of 6 and this role will report into the Finance Manager
Responsibilities to include:
Responsibilities
- Responsible for purchase Ledger
- Matching batching and coding of Invoices
- Weekly BACS Preparation
- Allocation of payments in sage/ Upload payment to Bank
- Send Remitances
- Produce Weekly Supplier Self-Bills for Client’s
- Sales Ledger – Raising of invoices Call Handling
- Daily Bank Reconciliations
- Daily Posting / Post Cheques for week (Ensure all items on Month End Bank Rec Are Posted )
- Bank Reconciliations - Across 4 different business
- Credit Card - Precision Pay & Commercials Card (using Xero)
- Ensuring all Credit balances are matched off - Month End
- Supplier Statement Reconciliations - weekly / monthly & ensuring a full ledger reconciliation quarterly
- Petty Cash - Recording / posted to Sage
- Competent with Excel, ideally or similar accounts package
- Proactive and focused on system and reporting improvements
The Ideal Candidate
Skills/attributes required:
- Experienced Accounts Assistant
- Used to working within an SME environment
- Good Excel Skills
Benefits
- Excellent salary – £23,000-£25,000
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Employee Benefits Programme
- Ongoing training
- Pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Company social events
If you are interested, then please apply online
Gough and Kelly are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed not only to our legal obligations but also to the positive promotion of equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £23,000.00-£26,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
Work Location: One location
