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Finance Assistant

Employer
Key Appointments UK Ltd
Location
Holbeck, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 22, 2019

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Job Role
Accounts Assistant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
We have the opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join a UK based, global distributor of surfactants, speciality chemicals and pharmaceutical ingredients based in Leeds City Centre. The core responsibility of the role will be to assist the Finance Manager in producing group monthly management accounts, maintaining the accuracy of the general ledger and business analysis. The successful candidate will therefore have good knowledge of nominal ledger, purchase ledger, sales ledger, profit and loss, balance sheet, bank reconciliations, accruals and prepayments as well as trial balance to full accounts. The ideal applicant will be enthusiastic and looking to progress within the ; Study support options can be considered on successful completion of probationary period. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES To prepare monthly management accounts for subsidiary Group Companies, investigating and explaining any variances versus budget and prior year Assist with preparation of monthly prepayments and accruals schedule Reconciliation and declaration of consignment stock movements on a monthly basis Daily cashbook maintenance and reconciliations Maintenance of sales and purchase ledger Assist with VAT calculations and submissions To update and report sales rep area figures Completion of National Statistics requirements Bank reconciliations Assist with payroll calculations To deal with supplier queries in a timely and professional manner Completing monthly intercompany reconciliations Maintaining customer rebate schedules Processing and posting of foreign currency supplier payments taking into account current cash flow position Completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations and investigating anomalies To maintain fixed asset registers and records for all Group Companies To assist in the annual statutory audit & deal with queries in a professional manner To assist in the preparation of year-end financial statements and annual financial budgets To provide cover for other members of the department as required To perform any other tasks that may reasonably be required within the Finance Department. ESSENTIAL SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE Accuracy and attention to detail - Essential Ability to work to strict reporting deadlines - Essential Good Communicator - being able to interact with all levels within the business - Essential Team player - Essential Ability to assist non-finance managers understand the financial aspects of their roles - Essential Sage ERP - Essential Computer Literacy (Intermediate MS Excel and MS Office) - Essential Able to work on own and as part of a team Problem solver DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT Full time position - 5 days per week Hours: 9am to 5pm Office based (Leeds city centre) - with occasional travel to the Group's other locations Study support available on successful completion of probationary period To apply for this role, please apply with an up to date CV detailing how your experience matches the requirement of the role. Key Appointments UK Ltd will assess your suitability for the role based on the information contained in your CV and application. This includes, skills, experience, education and location. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide specific feedback to applicants who are not successful. If you are not shortlisted for this role, your CV and personal data will be deleted from our system after 90 days. We would however encourage you to continue to apply for future positions. By applying for this role, you give consent for your CV to be retained by Key Appointments. Our full Privacy Policy is available on our website. Key Appointments UK Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers

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