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[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a world-leading manufacturer of electronic security equipment for use in residential, commercial and industrial applications in the intruder alarm market. We design a wide range of multi-award-winning wired and wireless intruder alarm solutions, utilising market-leading technologies developed exclusively by our in-house R&D team.

The job

The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] GL assistant accountants’ function will be divided into two support branches. The areas of support are: 1) The manufacture and sales 2) The operations and overheads. They must follow generally accepted financial and payroll principals to ensure the accuracy of the management information and the payroll for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal].

Key responsibilities

Manufacturing and Sales

• General ledger financial journals for month end accounts preparation
• Monthly management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations
• Weekly reporting for manufacture i.e.: WIP / Labour booked
• Daily & Weekly reporting for sales i.e.: Sales / Rebates
• Maintenance of master data files, used by AP team and GL team, for preparation of monthly accounts
• Assisting the production of, and audit of, the annual accounts
• Provide cover for Daily service income query resolution
• Monthly valuation of customer return scrap
• Monthly Tax analysis
• Providing cover for the Foreign Currency, Petty Cash and Bank accounts
• Expenses processing
• Credit card review and reconciliation
• Daily checking and approvals of OA’s
• Other ad hoc duties as required

Operations and Overheads

• General ledger financial journals for month end accounts preparation
• Monthly management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations
• Maintenance of master data files, used by AP team and GL team, for preparation of monthly accounts
• Monthly & Adhoc reporting of overhead spend
• Assist in the maintenance of the T&A system
• Assisting the production of, and audit of, the annual accounts
• Daily service income query resolution
• Monthly Tax analysis
• Foreign Currency, Petty Cash and Bank accounts
• Expenses processing
• Credit card review and reconciliation
• Daily checking and approvals of OA’s
• Other ad hoc duties as required

Experience needed

Essential

• Experience of finance systems
• Strong communication skills
• High levels of accuracy
• Ability to work confidentially
• Advanced query resolution
• Strong Excel skills

Desirable

• Experience of payroll systems
• Experience working with SAP
• Finance qualification
• Ability to create, analyse and develop reports
• Exposure to a manufacturing background

Contact

Kerstie Hodgkinson, +44 (0)1709 805979

Application

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