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Assistant Accountant - Reading - Hybrid - £40.000 - 3 month contract
The Assistant Accountant plays a crucial role in supporting the finance team by ensuring accurate and efficient processing of financial transactions. This position involves handling invoices, reconciling accounts, credit control, and maintaining financial records. The Accounts Assistant contributes to the smooth operation of the company's day to day financial activities by providing administrative support and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and company policies.
Key Responsibilities
- Accounts payable - raising purchase orders, processing invoices, supplier invoices, payment runs, dealing with queries
- Accounts receivable - raising sales invoices, managing sales PO's, credit control, management of customer invoicing portals, customer queries.
- Assisting with daily transaction processing and bank reconciliations
- Supporting month-end and year-end closing activities
- Preparing journals and assisting with management accounts
- Ensuring compliance with internal controls and regulatory requirements
- Liaising with other departments and external auditors when required
- Supporting the Finance Manager, Head of Accounts and wider team with ad hoc duties
Person Specification:
- Actively studying or part-qualified in ACCA/CIMA/AAT
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Outstanding attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and financial software systems
- Prior accounts experience working in a financial services environment
- Self-motivated and able to work both independently and as part of a team
- Proactive attitude, eager to learn and develop
Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: gb/en/privacy-notice.
