Senior Assistant Accountant

Ref: 222-JH

Role: Senior Assistant Accountant

Salary: £32,000 – £38,000 Per Annum DOE

Location: Barnsley

Hours: Monday – Thursday 08:00 – 17:00, Friday 08:00 – 16:00

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Private medical insurance
• On-site parking
• Varied role with real responsibility
• Exposure to project and management accounting
• Opportunities to develop as the business grows
• Supportive team and working environment

The role:

Our client is a growing construction and engineering business specialising in civil engineering. They are looking for an experienced and proactive Senior Assistant Accountant to support the Financial Controller across day-to-day accounts, project accounting, cash flow and month-end reporting.

This is a varied, hands-on position offering plenty of responsibility and the opportunity to become a key member of the finance team as the business continues to grow.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing day-to-day purchase and sales ledger activity
• Processing and coding purchase invoices, matching them to POs and project costs
• Raising sales invoices and applications for payment
• Preparing supplier payment runs and reconciling supplier statements
• Managing credit control and resolving customer and supplier queries
• Processing expenses and company credit card transactions
• Completing bank reconciliations and supporting cash flow reporting
• Preparing and posting journals in Sage 50
• Assisting with month-end reporting
• Supporting project costing, WIP reviews and balance sheet reconciliations
• Preparing VAT returns and monthly CIS returns for review
• Preparing and processing weekly payroll and allocating payroll costs to projects
• Liaising with project managers and site teams regarding finance queries
• Supporting improvements to financial processes, controls and reporting
• Providing day-to-day support to the Financial Controller

The successful candidate:

• Previous experience within a busy accounts or finance role
• AAT qualified or equivalent practical accounting experience
• Good working knowledge of Sage 50 and Microsoft Excel
• Experience across purchase ledger, sales ledger, reconciliations and credit control
• Experience supporting month-end processes
• Previous experience processing weekly payroll
• Good understanding of VAT
• CIS knowledge would be advantageous
• Experience within construction, engineering, manufacturing or another project-based business would be desirable
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills
• Confident problem-solving abilities
• Proactive and hands-on approach
• Confident communicator who is comfortable taking responsibility for their own workload