Senior Accounts Assistant

• Support the Financial Accounting Team to deliver the Company's core financial data (both internally and externally) by maintaining accurately and timely records for the business
• Purchase ledger management: reconciliation to supplier statements, processing and payment matching to ensure information is live
• Sales ledger management: credit control, maximising receipts and avoiding bad debts
• Manual general ledger journal entries (95% are automatically posted)
• Credit card reconciliation and recharge to employees as appropriate
• Processing of bank payments and weekly BACS payment runs
• Support in the preparation of monthly financial information
• Assist with annual statutory accounts preparation and ad hoc reports

• CAT, part ACCA qualified or senior bookkeeper qualified by experience
• Highly numerate, experienced in Excel and proficient across the full Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong analytical, planning and organisational skills aligned to the needs of the role
• Able to communicate confidently and coherently to key stake-holders, many of whom will not be members of the Finance team.Able to put key concepts into "layman's terms"
• Adapt at problem solving, able to hit the ground running, quickly get to the heart of matters and solve issues pragmatically
• Engaged team player with the desire to learn and develop an understanding of the department responsibilities and support colleagues in delivering those

Orchard Recruitment