Purpose of the role:
As the Assistant Accountant, you will work as a member of a team of four in a busy Accounts office.. The Accounts team is responsible for all aspects of the accounting function for two trading companies based in Jersey and Guernsey.
Responsibilities:
- Monthly bank reconciliations
- Monthly processing of accruals, including making suitable judgements to ensure the adequacy and appropriateness of the various accruals
- Monthly review of the Nominal Ledgers to ensure that costs are matched appropriately to the period to which they relate, and the maintenance of prepayments and other supporting spreadsheets
- Processing of Customer invoices following completion of work and/or delivery of goods
- Processing of Contract invoices, and deputising for the Contracts Manager in creation, renewal and processing contracts
- Review of proposed purchase ledger payments prior to their release and posting of bank transactions to the system
Skills required:
- Strong MS Excel skills and reasonable proficiency in other MS Office applications
- Experience of using ERP Systems (ideally MS Navision)
- Experience of producing accurate information to tight deadlines