Accounts Assistant
A busy general building company is seeking a strong candidate for a full-time varied role within their office in Woolwich.
Main duties:
- To assist the company accountant with all aspects of the financial management of the company, to include:-
- Management of the purchase ledger – entering/importing supplier invoices onto the Accounts system; monitoring supplier balances to ensure that invoices are approved; advising the Accountant of upcoming payments; setting up trade accounts with new suppliers.
- Assisting with the Sales ledger – production of sales invoices to customers; helping to monitor Debtors and chasing in money where required.
- Management of the subcontractors which entails dealing with their induction papers, processing weekly wages through to payment; production of the monthly CIS returns and statements to subcontractors.
- Management of the company credit cards, through to reconciliation of the monthly statements.
- Assisting with the company bank reconciliations.
- Assisting with the management of the weekly cashflow.
There will also be some clerical duties to include, but not limited to:
- Answering the phone.
- Ordering items for the office when needed.
- Ensuring that office equipment is working – telephones, photocopiers etc.
Candidate must have:
- Experience on Sage Line 50 or a similar Accounting package, is essential.
- Knowledge of the building industry in terms of CIS taxation and Reverse charge VAT.
- Good organisational skills.
- Self-motivation. This role is largely unsupervised and requires the person to work independently, but to seek the appropriate help where needed.
- Good communication skills and an outgoing personality.
Job specifics:
- 40 hour working week. Start time can be between 7 and 8 am and finish time between 4pm and 5pm.
- Always office based.
