Assistant Accountant - Cosham

Top reasons to work for this company:

• Basic salary 40k per annum.
• Bonus paid quarterly. 
• Financial support for professional accountancy exams / study provided.
• Cosham office, parking onsite. 
• Monday to Friday 8am-4.30pm (flexibility on start and finish hours) 
• Brand new role, reporting into the Head of Finance.
• Joining an established & ambitious construction & furniture company.
• Assistant Accountant for 2 trading companies.
• Rewarding blend of AP, AR, month end & assisting on monthly management accounts.
• Opportunity to improve analysis & reporting capability and positively impact this company.
• Collaborating closely with the business. 
• Excellent career growth, investment in your on-going training and development.
• Collaborative and supportive team approach and fast paced company culture.
• 23 days holiday + bank holidays, pension.

Broad Core Responsibilities:

• Working closely with the Head of Finance.
• Processing supplier invoices and employee expenses.
• Support payment runs/bank reconciliations.
• Raising customer invoices.
• Credit control.
• Reviewing invoice coding to ensure accuracy.
• Month end closure, accruals & prepayments, depreciation.
• Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Project reporting, Work In Process (WIP), Stock on Hand (SOH)
• Assisting with cashflow management.
• Support Directors with queries.

Expected Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• Relevant finance / accountancy experience.
• Understanding of Work In Process (WIP) & Stock on Hand (SOH)
• Good understanding of accounting concepts and fundamentals.
• Comfortable with accruals, prepayments and depreciation.
• Month end experience and assisting with management accounts preparation.
• Happy communicating with customers on invoicing / credit control queries.
• Used to working with accounting software (ideally Xero)
• Proficient with MS Office, specifically MS Excel.