Assistant Accountant

We are looking for an experienced Assistant Accountant who is immediately available to start a temporary role based in Holborn.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accurately maintain client accounts by verifying, allocating and posting transactions
• Responding to client queries and chasing answers to our queries
• VAT preparation
• Trial balance reporting
• Assist the Audit & Accounts team in the preparation and production of statutory accounts, rectifying any financial data issues and anomalies identified
• Preparing management accounts
• Deliver a wide range of purchase ledger related activities including supplier payments, rectifying supplier payment queries, preparing remittance advice notes, advising on cash flow constraints and reconciling the purchase ledger
• Statement and balance sheet reconciliation's

Key Requirements:

• Minimum of 2 years accounting experience working in practice or industry
• strong AP & AR experience
• Strong bookkeeping experience
• Strong academic background - Degree educated desirable
• ACCA/CIMA part qualified
• MUST have the capability and confidence to liaise with clients on a weekly basis
• Ability to take the initiative as well as working well within a large team