Assistant Accountant – Stafford

Accounts Assistant/Bookkeeper, Midlands – home based, £33,000 to £35,000 DOE

Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will co-ordinate and manage the Sales and Purchase ledgers, ensuring supplier bills are processed and invoices processed in a timely manner, maintain balance sheet schedules, complete month end processes and ensure adherence to financial policies and procedures

Company

Our client is a leading UK growth renewable energy business providing biomass-fuelled renewable energy plants generating sustainable and low CO2 emission power. As part of its next exciting phase of development, the company now is searching for an Accounts Assistant/Bookkeeper.

Key responsibilities include:

• Processing invoices within Xero accounting
• Maintaining the accounts inbox by receiving, reviewing, sending for authorisation
• Recording correspondences including (but not limited to) supplier invoices, statements, queries.
• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Preparation of sales invoices and credit notes
• Reviewing and processing expense claims
• Liaising with other key functions within the group, suppliers and customers
• Maintaining and organising financial records
• Setting up payments and conducting bank reconciliations
• Profit & Loss/Balance sheet account preparation
• Balance sheet reconciliation and posting month-end journal entries
• Maintaining finance trackers
• Assisting with year-end accounts preparation
• Other ad hoc finance and administrative tasks

Person

This role offers a great chance to work with an impressive interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial team in a growing environment. It requires a talented and technical individual who has the drive, enthusiasm and motivation to support the ongoing development of a dynamic, changing and growing business. We are looking for a motivated, hands on, reliable and responsible team player, who can work on their own initiative and possess a can-do attitude. You will be home based although there will be some initial travel to their facility near Stafford with the Head of Finance. In return, you will have the opportunity to develop and grow within this innovative, forward-thinking business. Suitability and the right person fit is very important to the culture and continued success of the business.

• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Good IT skills, including excel and analytical skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and self-management/responsible skills
• Ability to cope under pressure and deliver during periods of change
• A flexible, pro-active and willing approach, comfortable working within a small team
• An innovative and inquisitive mind to challenge and improve existing and new processes and controls
• An understanding of financial data and analytical ability
• Ability to produce accurate work and the self-motivation to meet targets
• Previous experience within the Energy sector, with Ofgem or similar legislation an advantage but not essential
• AAT Accounting is desirable