Accounts Assistant
Foresters Financial, Shortlands, Bromley
Accounts Assistant
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Foresters Financial, Shortlands, Bromley
- Full time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted 6 days ago, 29 Jun | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 85b4eec6fb6c41cdba0b458d0253c048
Full Job Description
Looking to start or develop your career in Finance? As an Accounts Assistant you will be joining the Financial Control team who are the central finance team at Foresters.
You will have the opportunity to work on bank and balance sheet reconciliations, processing supplier invoices, processing employee expenses, processing domestic and overseas payments and supporting the month end close of the ledger through the processing of journals. You will also support the annual external audit as well as providing ad-hoc support to the wider finance team which includes; financial reporting, FP&A, technical accounting, investment operations and payroll.
If you enjoy process improvement, controls and the use of technology to strengthen, optimise and automate manual processes then this is the role for you.
Your day to day will include:
Reconciliations - perform daily and monthly reconciliations including bank and suspense account and other balance sheet reconciliations
Payments - processing ad-hoc domestic and overseas payments in an accurate and timely manner
Expenses - checking, processing and paying employee expenses
Financial accounting - posting transactional system feeds into the general ledger as well as other ad hoc journals as required
Queries - respond to queries from suppliers, employees, and internal stakeholders
Supplier payments - supporting the accounting analyst with processing supplier invoices onto the invoicing system
Collaborate with internal stakeholders particularly Customer Services for queries and payment information to enable them to provide excellent customer service
Provide support and cover for other members of the Financial Control team as required
Working hours are 35 hours a week Monday to Friday. Start times can vary from 8am to 9.30am. After a successful training period there is flexibility to work from home up to 2/3 days a week.
Demonstrable interest in Accounting/Finance
Good Excel skills
Excellent Analytical skills
Strong attention to detail
A professional approach and ability to work well with varied internal stakeholders
Strong written and verbal communication skills
The ability to work as part of a team
Ability to prioritise workload, manage time effectively and meet deadlines
Annual Salary up to £25,000
Company Bonus up to 7% dependent on your performance and company performance
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Life Assurance (4x pensionable earnings)
Contributory Pension scheme (company contribute up to 10%)
Season Ticket Loan
1 days paid charitable work day
Employee Assistance Programme
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