Accounts Assistant - Chard
Job Sector: Accounts
Pay: £10 - £13ph depending on experience
Type: Temporary
Reference: ACCOU260110
Consultant: Lucy Applegate
Date Added: 26/01/10
Closing Date: 28/02/2010
Job Specification The Company :-
A jewellery retailer operating from 14 shops, a website and mobile shows Based at the head office working with the management team In a rural location
Overview :-
To report directly to the Financial Manager and to undertake bookkeeping / accounting tasks as requested by them
To provide weekly information as required to the Financial Manager for budgeting, forecasting and cost review purposes
To provide financial information as required to the directors and management team
To undertake all accounting duties for the company, including :-
• Control of the sales ledger – post shop and show takings into Quickbooks, bank cash / cheques, reconcile show sales to reports, provide sales information to company as requested
• Control of the purchase ledger – receive purchase invoices, post into Quickbooks, request payment of invoices, review large / unusual invoices and payment planning with manager, control invoice status
• Receive updated overseas trading forecasts and payment plans from manager, update supplier control sheet, prepare overseas payments
• Control of petty cash system – obtain monthly summaries from shops, reconcile to bank statements, maintain sufficient balance in petty cash bank accounts, post transactions into Quickbooks
• Control of the bank accounts - Reconcile twice weekly
• Control of the credit card process – HSBC business credit cards and MBNA business credit cards - each month issue transactions to cardholders and request details of receipts/invoices, check information returned, update credit card spreadsheet, post transactions into Quickbooks
• Update weekly sales target model with actual sales, update variance reporting and issue to Board
• Process and pay staff expense claims
• Reconcile sales to the online stock and sales IT system (Cybertills) - weekly
• VAT – ensure all income and payments are in Quickbooks at the end of each VAT quarter, run VAT report in Quickbooks, review with manager, request VAT payment, submit VAT return online
• Month-end – update monthly journal schedules, review with manager, post journals. Print monthly accounts, review with manager, populate management accounts spreadsheet model
• To prepare and issue monthly departmental finance reports, highlighting variances
• To control and update the monthly KPI model for review by manager, work with manager to create and manage a monthly KPI reporting model
Skills required :- • Experienced in all aspects of bookkeeping, ideally trained to AAT or equivalent • Working knowledge of Quickbooks • Experienced in balance sheet controls and reconciliations • Extremely good spreadsheet skills, including knowledge of functions and formulas • Experience of foreign currency management • Ability to work on own as well as being a good team player
Interested? If so, then please call Red Berry on 01749 330630, or email your cv to the agent listed above.
