SEQENS
Assistant Accountant
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Position description
Job Family / Sub-family
Finances - Accounting & Consolidation
Contract type
Permanent
Job title
Assistant Accountant
Position Context
Working in the Finance Team and reporting to the Financial Accountant
Main tasks
- Post all cash receipts and payments from the bank statements into the ERP system
- Reconcile the bank and factoring accounts
- Manage sale of invoices to Facflow
- Provide weekly cash position forecast summary to Group, including FX swaps
- Apply customer payments to sales invoices and investigate and resolve differences
- Run weekly and monthly debtor reports
- Monitor customer accounts and chase for payment of overdue invoices
- Ensure that credit checks are carried out on all potential customers and credit limits reviewed and updated in ERP system
- Ensure that all costs are captured in the correct accounting period through posting accruals and prepayments
- Reconciliation of Balance Sheet accounts
- Monitoring and reconciling Payroll Creditor accounts
- Arranging monthly meetings with cost centre managers to provide them with details of monthly spend and to discuss future variations to budgets
- Maintaining Fixed Asset Schedule and CAPEX projects
- Provision of information to assist in budget preparation
- Posting journals including the monthly payroll journal
- Provide cover for the Purchase Ledger Clerk and Financial Accountant
- Office of National Statistics (ONS) Reporting
- Provide accurate and timely information to external auditors when required
- Adhoc activities
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Required skills
- Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP preferable)
- Ability to multi-task and work under pressure, meeting deadlines with minimal supervision
- Self-driven and motivated to achieve
- Attention to detail & ability to investigate discrepancies
- Good communication skills both within and outside of the department
- Good organisational and planning skills
- Good excel skills
- Experience in Microsoft Office, SharePoint etc
- AAT part qualified/qualified by experience
- Must be eligible to work in the UK
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At Seqens Custom Specialties, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including but not limited to; race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability and religion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply and join us in fostering a culture of respect, openness and inclusion.
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Position location
Job location
United Kingdom, England, Middlesbrough
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