Accounts Assistant - Luxury retail

My client a Luxury retailer have a fantastic opportunity for an Accounts Assistant to join their friendly team.

Reporting into the Financial Controller you will have full responsibility of the Accounts Payable along with additional Accounting responsibilities listed below.

Salary up to 30K + additional benefits

Hybrid working on offer (3 days in the office and 2 days WFH)

The job:

• Post purchase invoices via purchase order system by matching purchase order numbers/Good receipt Notes and deal with discrepancies if any by communicating with relevant departments.
• Purchase invoices with no PO's to be checked for authentication and posted manually. It is essential to liaise and communicate with relevant departments for accuracy and authorisation.
• Maintain the accrual and commitment ledger via the purchase order system
• Prepare monthly bacs/multi-currency payment run.(twice a month)
• Occasional ad hoc payments
• Monthly reconciliation of supplier statements to ensure suppliers accounts are kept up to date.
• Purchase order system assistance to users.
• Prepare monthly Aged creditors listing.
• Prepare and post relevant month end journals 
• Distribute monthly credit card and travel advance statements to card/advance holders
• Ensure card/advance holders submit expense forms in time for month end accounts preparation
• Post returned expense forms to the general ledger
• To provide assistance and cover for accounts team where required.

Person:

This is a great opportunity to learn and develop your accounting knowledge with a well known historic Luxury retail brand.

You must have

• A good understanding of Excel 
• Accuracy in work produced
• Hungry to learn and develop within Accountancy

If this sounds like an opportunity you would like to find out more about, please apply today!