Accounts Assistant
Posted 3 days ago by Key Recruitment Solutions
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Merton, London, UK
Summary: The Accounts Assistant role is situated within the Central Finance Department of a privately-owned department store group based in Merton, London. This position is temporary, lasting approximately four months, and involves various responsibilities related to sales and purchase ledger management. The role requires attention to detail and proficiency in Excel to assist with financial processes and reconciliations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Sales Ledger management including daily bank reconciliation and processing cash book receipts and payments
- Petty cash control and reconciliation
- Processing concessions self-billing invoices
- Assisting with cash office and related banking procedures
- Period end statistics review and reconciliation
- Issuing rent invoices
- Purchase Ledger management including direct payment processing and Cenpac reconciliation
- Administering Head Office expense invoices using MIMS system
- Maintaining Purchase Ledger integrity
- Generating month end and year end reports
- Supplier statement reconciliations and dealing with supplier queries
- Processing retrospective rebates and advertising contributions
Key Skills:
- Experience with Excel
- Attention to detail
Salary (Rate): £12.25 Hourly
City: Merton
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Entry Level
Industry: Other
Our client is an independent, privately-owned department store group that operates 7 stores principally in greater London and an Ecommerce platform. Our stores are at the heart of local communities and have centuries of heritage, brand trust and loyalty - all key to the values we bring to life in-store and through our communications.
The role is based in the Central Finance Department in ou Merton based Head Office and will be for approximately 4 months.
Responsibilities include:
Sales Ledger
Daily bank reconciliation
Processing cash book receipts and payments
Petty cash control and reconciliation
Processing concessions self-billing invoices
Assist with cash office and related banking procedures
Period end statistics review and reconciliation
Issuing rent invoices
Purchase Ledger
Direct payment processing and Cenpac reconciliation
All aspects of administering Head Office expense invoices using MIMS system
Assisting with maintaining Purchase Ledger integrity
Assisting with generating month end year end reports
Supplier statement reconciliations
Dealing with supplier queries
Processing retrospective rebates and advertising contributions
Experience of Excel is required together with good attention to detail.