Part Time Accounts Assistant - Creative - London
- Recruiter
- Handle Recruitment Limited
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £35000 - £45000 per annum
- Posted
- 26 Nov 2020
- Closes
- 03 Dec 2020
- Ref
- BBH26112020
- Contact
- Charley Callier
- Job Title
- Accounts Assistant
- Category
- Media / Entertainment
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part Time
Part Time Accounts Assistant - Creative Arts - Central London
My client, a Creative Arts business based in Central London are currently looking for a well rounded Accounts Assistant to join on a part time basis.
This role will be 3/4 days per week until Spring 2021 where it will then be reduced to 2 days per week. T
Key responsibilities:
- Maintaining the daily cash book
- Assisting with monthly bank reconciliations
- Reviewing and posting any missing bank movements
- Reconciling the gallery's petty cash and posting expenses
- Reviewing and posting staff expenses and working with assistants to ensure expense reports are satisfactorily prepared each month
- Matching incoming AR payments to sales invoices and updating sales software
- Notifying relevant parties once AR payments are received
- Posting AR receipts to accounting software
- Preparing sundry invoices from order form
- Posting AP invoices and setting up the regular AP payment runs on accounting software
- Preparing payment files for uploading to the bank
- Responding to internal and external queries on AP payment statuses
- Preparing AP and expenditure reports
- Assisting with the review of client AML documents and maintaining customer due diligence files
- Assisting in the preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements and responding to auditor requests
- Assisting in the preparation of various tax returns, including VAT, EC sales, artist resale right, etc.
Key skills:
- Previous experience working as part of a finance function
- A background within the Creative industry would be highly desirable
- Studying towards or qualified ACCA/CIMA would be advantageous
- Good fundamental knowledge of UK accounting and tax principles and familiarity with accounting software
- Great knowledge of Excel and Google docs and the ability to work with and manipulate financial data
- Good communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work proactively and autonomously with an understanding of how to prioritise time-sensitive and competing tasks
Apply today!
Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the high volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to everyone. If you have not heard from us within 5 working days of sending your CV then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for the position you have applied for.