Accounts Assistant - Graduate

Page Personnel Finance are recruiting an Accounts Assistant - Graduate for our client, a leading Marketing / Consultancy located in London - West London, a short walk from Earls Court/West Kensington.

Client Details

Our client is a leading internationa; Marketing / Consultancy company located in London - West London, a short walk from Earls Court/West Kensington. Due to a recent acquisition, an opportunity has arisen for an Accounts Assistant - Graduate to join their accountancy team.

Description

Located in London - West London, our client is looking for an Accounts Assistant - Graduate with responsibility for the following duties:

Primary responsibility will be providing support to the management accounts team, including:
o Revenue accounting
▪ Learn and apply revenue recognition rules
▪ Review new contracts and assist with the monthly booking and reconciliation of revenue
▪ Ensure the department complies with specified controls for Sarbanes-Oxley purposes
o Calculation of Sales Commissions
▪ Collate sales forms & contracts by sales staff, incorporate information in spreadsheets to calculate monthly commissions
▪ Prepare monthly scoreboards monitoring sales performance against targets
o Control of unbilled revenue accounts
▪ Assist with the monthly reconciliation of control accounts
▪ Review and follow up unbilled balances by project, liaise with sales teams and report to the finance management team
* Other responsibilities:
o Bank and cash management:
▪ Preparation of bank reconciliations and posting of multi-currency journals
▪ Weekly cash reporting
o Accounts Receivable:
▪ Interacting with the Company's systems in order to prepare and send out sales invoices by post, email or the client's portal systems depending on their preference
▪ Liaising with Sales Administrators and Consultants on the timely issuing of invoices
o Accounts Payable:
▪ Coding and posting invoices onto the Company's accounting system
▪ Liaising with suppliers on the status of their invoices and helping to resolve queries
▪ Accurately filing paid invoices and other documents for the Accounts Payable team
o Completion of statutory returns:
▪ ONS surveys
▪ Withholding tax compliance
o Ad hoc tasks as required

Profile

2:1 graduate minimum

Strong academic background - Maths, Economics or Statistics A-Level - Grade B or above

Job Offer

Salary of £24,000

Competitive benefits package