Assistant Accountant - Maternity Cover

Salary: c£35k plus competitive benefits package

Hours: Full time​ – Temp basis

Our client is a highly regarded, independent consultancy offering a range of planning and development related services. They have an opportunity for an Accounts Assistant with previous experience working in a finance environment to provide support to the Head of Finance, Billings Team and administer the Payroll/ Pensions for 15 months in their office in Soho, London.

The Role

Assisting the Head of Finance, Billings team on a day-to-day basis, to ensure the smooth running of payroll, monthly end process and financial reporting which include:

• Manage the monthly outsourced payroll. Check payroll and set up salary payments on the bank
• Administer the Company Pension platform and settle monthly payments
• Assist the Head of Finance with month end closing, bank, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Produce monthly invoice reconciliation.
• Maintain the Fixed Asset Register.
• Run month-end reports on Sage 200
• Support the Billing function – invoicing, updating, updating finance spreadsheets and client/project records and billing, cover during absence.
• Assist with the annual audit
• Set monthly Debtor Targets for the Credit Control Team.
• Sending out monthly Billing Forecasts to all teams and consolidate once returned.
• Liaise with project teams and Business support, ensuring processes are followed, completion of timesheets and ad hoc queries.
• Complete all Ad hoc financial analysis as required.
• Assisting the Finance team in other areas required.

The Person

• Experience of working in a Finance department covering Payroll and Assist with management accounts
• The role is dynamic and requires a very organised and methodical individual with passion to learn.
• Positive, hard-working attitude with a ‘can do’ attitude and ability to work as part of a team as well as able to work on own initiative and take responsibility where necessary.
• Honest and trustworthy and reliable
• Always having a professional appearance and demeanour.
• Ability to always maintain confidentiality and privacy. Handling sensitive matters diplomatically and discreetly.
• Ability to prioritise and organise own workload in an environment with multiple and conflicting demands.
• Well-rounded interpersonal skills with high attention to detail.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Time management skills.
• Excellent verbal communication skills with a good telephone manner.
• Highly self-motivated.
• IT literate and competent in using Microsoft Office; Outlook and Word. Intermediate in Excel.
• Understands and has work in accordance with the requirements of ISO9001 and ISO14001 would be desirable.
• Timesheet input software would be desirable
• Sage 200 would be desirable
• Consultancy experience would be desirable

Please get in touch with Lisa on 02085497212 or submit your CV using the link below