Company Accountant

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Managing an invoice discounting facility
• Uploading relevant invoices
• Tracking invoices uploaded to avoid omission or duplication
• Managing upload of credit notes appropriately
• Drawing down cash
• Submitting monthly reconciliations to ID provider
• Cash Management
• Preparing short term cash flow forecast
• Phasing supplier payments to terms, business continuity and working capital availability
• Recording suppliers payments on Sage
• Preparing weekly and ad hoc payments to suppliers
• Payroll Preparation
• Validating timesheet and preparing payroll information for outsourced provider
• Updating manual payroll record and preparing accounting journal
• Reconciling payroll record to P&L & Balance Sheet accounts, and HMRC/pension portals
• Preparing weekly payments to employees
• Preparing monthly payments to HMRC & pension provider
• Statutory Returns
• Preparing quarterly VAT returns
• Negotiating TTPA with HMRC to spread payments monthly
• Preparing EC Sales returns

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Exceptional IT skills including Sage and Excel
• Qualified or nearly qualified member of a professional accountancy body
• Astute, articulate, technically strong, curious
• Strong self management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills at all levels
• High integrity and openness combined with commitment to good governance
• Energetic, highly motivated with an enquiring mind, a passion for excellence