Assistant Accountant - 6 month FTC

My client is a very successful non for profit land property owner.

Our site is at the heart of a thriving neighbourhood with co-operative homes, parks and gardens, shops and design studios, galleries and restaurants.

They are looking for an Assistant Accountant to join their team initially for 6 months.

Role Description:

To manage the banking process to ensure transactions are uploaded daily and are up to date in the finance system.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

To extract bank statements daily and prepare and upload payments and receipt transactions to finance system and appropriate databases.

To process monthly credit card transactions for all company credit cards.

Regularly review outstanding purchase orders and manually finish where necessary.

Setting up new account codes, project codes and live project codes when required.

Review all VAT codes entered by the Accounts Payable team to ensure correct codes have been used for exempt supply, non-business, and reverse charge VAT.

To assist in the training of staff.

Maintain complete and up to date balance sheet reconciliations.

To reconcile credit card receipts on a monthly basis.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

1. AAT Level 4 qualified or part qualified/qualified CIMA.

2. Previous experience in posting bank transactions as well as manual payments.

3. Full understanding of accruals and prepayments.

4. Understanding of the Purchase Order Process.

5. Experience of computerised accounting systems, proficiency in MS Excel