Assistant Accountant

Recruiter
Hudson
Location
England, London
Salary
£30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted
26 Jan 2015
Closes
02 Feb 2015
Ref
UK72192
Contact
Matt Davidson
Job Title
Accountant
Category
Charity
Experience Levels
Part Qualified
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time

Assistant Accountant 6 month FTC up to £35,000 + benefits

On behalf of a small but vibrant and busy Not for Profit organisation based in central London, we are recruiting an Assistant Accountant for a 6 month Fixed Term Contract. The Assistant Accountant will report to the Management Accountant and will have sole responsibility for Purchase Ledger, Payroll, VAT Returns and preparing month-end journals for management accounts. This role will also deal with year -end procedures and a project to re-code the purchase ledger structure.

Main Duties:

- Payroll and Pension processing from start to finish for a team of 50 using Ceridian.

- Purchase Ledger processing from start to finish on Sun Accounts.

- Preparation of VAT returns.

- Month-End Management Accounting Journals (petty cash, credit cards, salaries, cash book, intercompany, purchase ledger, accruals).

- Balance sheet reconciliations.

Person Specification:

- CCAB Part-Qualified Accountant.

- Proven experience of working within a small organisation and taking on multiple responsibilities.

- Proven experience of being solely responsible for VAT returns.

- Experience of being solely responsible for Payroll and Pensions, including Auto Enrolment.

- Experience of Purchase Ledger processing from start to finish.

- First-rate communication and stakeholder engagement ability.

- Excellent IT skills, ideally Excel to an advanced level and Sun Accounts.

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