£27000 - £30000 Per year
Assistant Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Processing of income and expenditure transactions, allocation to cost centres and cost codes and processing journals in the Xero accounting system;
- Undertaking regular bank reconciliations including charge and credit cards transactions;
- Ensuring purchase orders are raised for expenditure and ensuring they are appropriately approved and authorized;
- Working with the Finance Manager and budget holders, ensure that budgets are effectively monitored and action taken as appropriate;
- Be the main point of contact for finance queries including liaison with bankers, payroll provider and other bodies;
- Train staff on using the Purchase Order system and relevant parts of the Accounting system;
- Support on and provide information as required for the annual statutory accounts process.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Experience of working in finance in an education establishment or the sector;
- Experience in transaction processing and bank reconciliation processes, ideally using Xero or similar;
- Understanding of financial processes and controls;
- Ability to analyses financial information and explain variances in written and verbal form;
- Ability to manage own workload and meet deadlines;
- Able and willing to use own initiative to complete tasks
- Financial Information
- Management Accounts
- Transaction Processing
- Experience of working in finance in an education establishment or the sector
- Experience in transaction processing and bank reconciliation processes, ideally using Xero or similar
- Understanding of financial processes and controls
- Ability to analyses financial information and explain variances in written and verbal form
- Ability to manage own workload and meet deadlines
- Able and willing to use own initiative to complete tasks
Reference no: 104913