Assistant Accountant -Payroll

Your new company
A unique, exciting Bath based business are looking to appoint an Assistant Payroll Accountant to join their high-performing finance team. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a company which prides itself on building long-term relationships with its clients.
Your new role
Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role is responsible for:

• Processing payroll amendments, reconciliation of control accounts and associated payments, and submission of data to HMRC
• Processing pension contributions, including reconciliation of pension payments and submission of pension data to the pension provider
• Processing, creating and filing incoming paperwork relating to financial transactions
• Entering transactions in the firm's computer accounts system
• Setting up new accounts (e.g. new clients and suppliers)
• Arranging payments and entering cash received in the electronic cashbook
• Answering simple queries from clients, suppliers and colleagues in the firm
• Processing petty cash vouchers and other expense claims, including maintenance of petty cash book
• Printing, checking and sending statements to clients
• Generating and filing end of period reports as required and preparing documents for the annual inspection by the firm's accountants as requested by colleagues
• Visit the bank to collect cash or documents, or to pay in cheques
• Other Accounts Department duties that may arise from time to time

What you\'ll need to succeed
The successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills
• Work well within a team
• Have good time management skills
• Able to work on own initiative
• Project a professional & courteous manner

What you\'ll get in return

• Part or full time hours considered (3-5 days)
• Flexi hours
• 1 day per week in the office, reminder can be worked from home
• ASAP start
• Fixed term contract until February 2025

What you need to do now
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