Assistant Accountant

Title: Assistant Accountant  

Company Description: A unique affordable women’s fashion brand 

Location: London 

Salary: £35000 – £40000 

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Accountant to join a small Finance team. To be considered for this position you will have previous experience as an Assistant Accountant and working in Sales Ledger/Purchase Ledger. 

Responsibilities:  

• Keep company ledgers and daily financial transactions up to date 

• Tracking and recording all incoming payments from customers 

• Following up on unpaid invoices and late payments 

• Generating and sending invoices to customers 

• Cash reconciliations and resolving discrepancies, including shop cash receipts 

• Credit control, as required on the sales ledger 

• Posting and coding purchase invoices to Sage 

• Posting and coding credit card statements to Sage 

• Posting and coding monthly staff expenses 

• Maintain and post monthly petty cash 

• Maintain sales and purchase ledger 

• Setting up weekly, monthly and ad-hoc payments runs 

• Distribution of supplier invoices for authorisation to the relevant departments 

• Prepare weekly and monthly supplier statement reconciliations 

• Identify discrepancies in ledgers and accounts, track them to the source, and correct them. 

• Assist with the weekly cashflow and monthly management reporting 

Requirements  

• 3 to 5 years in bookkeeping or accounting roles 

• Intermediate user of MS Excel 

• Excellent attention to detail with high levels of accuracy 

• Resilient and able to work at pace 

• Demonstrable working knowledge of Sage 200 

• Analytical and organised 

• Enjoys working in flat, informal structures 

• Able to confidently communicate across all levels, including Directors