Accounts Assistant

Posted 08 November 2024
Salary £30000 - £35000 per annum
LocationCity of London
Job type Temporary
Discipline Accounting & Finance
ReferenceTK_09_1731070497
Contact NameTom Kierman

Job description

We are partnered with an advertising agency based in the heart of London who are searching for an Accounts Assistant on a full time temporary basis.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the sales ledger function, raising invoices, updating the invoice schedule with new contracts and completing all Credit Control tasks - efficiently chasing payments, and escalating invoice disputes where appropriate.
  • Report on cash collection target, submitting an Aged Debtor report to management for review weekly
  • Oversee the purchase ledger function, recording of supplier invoices accurately and in a timely manner ahead of month end close.
  • Preparing weekly payment run schedules and setting up BACS payments for approval
  • Reconciliation of all main bank accounts on a weekly basis, ensuring all cash books and bank feeds are accurate and complete
  • Prepare and monitor weekly cash flow forecasts weekly.
  • Reviewing expense claims against company policy for approval.
  • Managing the company payment card system (Spendesk), chasing and posting receipts promptly.
  • Accounting for all subscriptions payments and refunds, investigating membership queries and reconciliation of related suspense accounts.
  • Assist with the preparation of monthly inter-company recharges
  • Responding to internal queries from across the business, retrieving & analysing data from the company accounting system.
  • Undertaking any other work as reasonably requested.

Experience required:

  • 1-2 years experience in a similar role responsible for AP, AR, CC, Bank recs etc
  • Experience using Xero would be a bonus but not essential
  • Experience working for an SME media, tech or entertainment centric business
  • Proficient user of Excel (VLOOKUPS, Pivot Tables, Sumifs etc)

If you have the experience and skill-set for what we're looking for, click apply now!