My client is an established organisation currently looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant. The Dept is staffed by two bookkeepers (Head of Admin and the Credit Controller), plus the Head of Accounts who is hands on and supervises the output of the Dept: The Dept's functions include the following duties as well as Credit Control - covered by a separate Memo: - Add prepayments invoices to the Prepayment schedule and spread the expense over the relevant months net of tax. - Carrying out the P&L account for shops/concessions - Working out/submitting VAT/making the VAT payment - Reviewing Management Accounts after being finalised by Chama and analysing them - Maintaining, monitoring and creating new nominal ledgers in Sage 50 and dealing with external accountants on a monthly basis. - Monthly reconciliation of GBP account in Natwest and Lloyds - Processing shops' petty cash reconciliation - Undertaking journals for dividends - Calculate Silvia's expenses and process them - Shopping around for FX rates when paying suppliers in a different currency to GBP/EUR - Dealing with relationships managers in Natwest/Lloyds - Dealing with Corporate Team when issues arise with bankline or c/c - Withdrawing Paypal funds - Withdrawing funds from Lloyds for petty cash purposes - Liaise with Concessions Manageress in regards to petty cash and ensure money is sent to them to cover the postage expenses/dry cleaners and so on. Accounts Payable - Dealing with suppliers chasing up invoices/Exchange of email& phone calls - Setting up payments on Bankline and get them authorized by Philippa - Posting payments in Sage when made to the supplier - Posting invoices in Sage upon receipt by email/mail... - Liaising with Saga - Spanish supplier - Liaising with all the Chinese suppliers - Setting up Italian payments and liaising with Silvia/Luigi sending through the remittance advice - Ensure monthly payment of shops rental - Ensure monthly payment of PAYE/Pension Payroll - Processing all shops/concessions time sheets once a month - Monitoring all salary payments - Sending over payslips/P45's/P60's - inputting payroll journals on a monthly basis Person must be: Confident and will able to flag up issues. Must ideally have experience working for a Fashion Company. Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited is an employment agency and employment business