Assistant Accountant

Interim Assistant Accountant

Hemel Hempstead - 2 days office based, 3 remote

£50 to £60 per hour.

At least 6 months of work

Responsibilities :

The Interim Assistant Accountant will be responsible for

• Completing financial reports on a regular basis and providing information to the finance team
• Assisting with budgets
• Completing bank reconciliations
• Entering financial information into appropriate software programs
• Managing company ledgers
• Processing business expenses
• Coordinating internal and external audits
• Verifying balances in account books and rectifying discrepancies
• Verifying bank deposits
• Managing day-to-day transactions
• Recording office expenditures and ensuring these expenses are within the set budget
• Assisting the finance department and senior accounting staff members with various tasks, including preparing budgets, records, and statements
• Posting daily receipts
• Preparing annual budgets
• Completing the year-end analysis
• Reporting on debtors and creditors
• Handling accruals and prepayments
• Managing monthly budgeting tasks
• Encoding accounting entries for data processing
• Sorting financial documents and posting them to the proper accounts
• Reviewing computer reports for accuracy and meticulously tracing errors back to their source
• Resolving errors in financial reports and correcting faulty reporting methods

Profile:

• High attention to detail.
• Strong Excel skills
• The ability to produce timely and accurate information.
• The ability to work as part of a team, learn skills and adapt to change.
• The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Assist in other financial activities as required and undertake ad hoc financial analysis and reporting.