Accountant – Role Description
Key Responsibilities
* Payroll Management: Oversee accurate and timely payroll processing, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and company policies.
* Prepare and maintain accurate financial records and ledgers: Record daily financial transactions, post journal entries, and ensure all accounts reflect up-to-date and accurate financial data.
* Sage Accounting Software: Utilise Sage accounting software to manage financial transactions, payroll, and reporting with accuracy and efficiency.
* Expense Processing: Review and process employee expense claims efficiently, maintaining accuracy and adherence to company procedures.
* Manage accounts payable and receivable: Process supplier invoices, issue customer invoices, track payments, manage credit control, and reconcile supplier and customer accounts.
* Perform regular account reconciliations: Conduct monthly, quarterly, and year-end reconciliations to verify account balances, identify discrepancies, and ensure financial accuracy.
* Assist with financial statements: Support the preparation of profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports to provide management with a clear financial overview.
* Handle statutory returns: Prepare and file VAT, PAYE, and other government-related returns accurately and on time to maintain compliance with tax regulations.
* Support budgeting and forecasting: Assist management with annual budgets, monitor variances, and contribute insights to improve financial planning and performance.
* Participate in audits: Work with internal and external auditors by gathering, reviewing, and submitting necessary documentation and reports.
* Ensure compliance: Adhere to accounting standards (GAAP/IFRS), internal policies, and financial regulations to maintain integrity and transparency in reporting.
* Monitor transactions and resolve discrepancies: Investigate and correct posting errors, payment mismatches, or irregularities to maintain clean financial records.
* Drive process improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes, enhance internal controls, and improve efficiency in reporting and data accuracy.
* Accounts Team Coordination: Lead and support team members to achieve performance goals, foster professional growth, and maintain a positive, collaborative work environment.
Skills & Competencies
* Analytical and numerical ability: Strong capability to interpret financial data, identify trends, and support informed business decisions.
* Attention to detail: Consistently ensures accuracy in data entry, reconciliations, and financial documentation.
* Advanced Excel skills: Experienced in using pivot tables, complex formulas, VLOOKUPs, and data analysis tools for financial reporting.
* Organization and time management: Capable of handling multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and maintaining accuracy under pressure.
* Communication skills: Able to present financial information clearly to both finance and non‑finance stakeholders.
* Teamwork and independence: Works effectively within a team environment but also takes initiative to complete tasks independently.
Qualifications & Experience
* Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
* Professional certification: ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CPA qualification (or currently pursuing) preferred.
* Experience: 2–5+ years of hands‑on accounting or financial reporting experience, ideally in a fast‑paced or multi‑entity environment.
* Technical expertise: Proven experience in financial analysis, reconciliations, month‑end close, and statutory reporting requirements.
** Flexible working hours available **
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