Accounts Assistant (Maternity Cover), SHM PRODUCTIONS LTD
Posted Today by Guardian Jobs
Negotiable
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Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Accounts Assistant role at SHM Productions Ltd is crucial for the Finance department's success, focusing on managing purchase and sales ledgers, supplier payments, and supporting the Management Accountant. The position requires attention to detail, technical competence in Microsoft Office, and familiarity with Sage, alongside a proactive approach to compliance and reporting. The candidate will also assist with audits and month-end processes while performing general administrative tasks. AAT level 3 or part-qualified ACCA/CIMA with at least 18 months of finance experience is required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Purchase Ledger
- Sales Ledger
- Managing the suppliers’ payments
- Proactively support the Management Accountant
- Assist with internal and external audit
- Monitor client activities to ensure compliance
- Ensure costs are recorded accurately against projects
- Accounts Reconciliations
- Assist in the month end process
- Assist with preparation of weekly, monthly and year end reports
- General administrative tasks
Key Skills:
- Attention to detail and quality
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Technical competence in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
- Knowledge of Sage
- Integrity and accountability in stakeholder interactions
- Hardworking with a can-do attitude
- Organised and able to meet deadlines
- Eager to learn
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Greater London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Role Summary The role is integral to the success of Finance at SHM.
Core Responsibilities:
- Purchase Ledger
- Sales Ledger
- Managing the suppliers’ payments
- Proactively support the Management Accountant
- Assist with internal and external audit
- Monitor client activities to ensure we are complying
- Ensure costs are recorded accurately against projects
- Accounts Reconciliations
- Assist in the month end process.
- Assist with preparation of weekly, monthly and year end reports
Additional Activities:
- General administrative tasks.
Relevant Skills The successful candidate will:
- Have an eye for quality and real attention to detail, applying high levels of rigour and attention to detail to their work and being willing to look at their own work critically
- Feel comfortable working and developing expertise in a fast-paced environment
- Have technical competence in the Microsoft Office suite including advanced competency in Microsoft Excel
- Knowledge of Sage would be required
- Always acting discreetly, you value integrity and accountability in your interactions with stakeholders, team members and customers
- Hard working with can-do attitude, organised, able to meet deadlines, eager to learn.
Qualifications & Experience:
- AAT level 3 or ACCA/CIMA part qualified
- At least 18 months’ experience working in a finance department.