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Accounts Payable Assistant – Hatfield

Accounts Payable Assistant, Temporary to Permanent, Hatfield, c£25,000

 The Company

This fast growing, global distribution and logistics business have a new opening for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join their small, but very busy accounts payable team. The role is based at their Hatfield head office.

The Opportunity

Whilst we are looking for a permanent solution for this vacancy, due to the urgency our client needs the Accounts Payable Assistant to start on a temporary with a view to progressing on to a permanent appointment.

Working in a team of 3, the Accounts Payable Assistant will be responsible for providing a full purchase ledger service full training will be provided. The day to day responsibilities include:

  • Processing supplier invoices on to various systems, ensuring all are accurately recorded within necessary deadlines
  • Query resolution through liaison with internal staff and external suppliers
  • Creating new supplier accounts and reconciliation of supplier statements
  • Raising payments via BACS and cheque
  • Assuring compliance with HMRC and corporate requirements
  • Generating and distributing control reports
  • Processing staff expenses

The Person

As the Accounts Payable Assistant, you will need good verbal and written communication skills, high levels of accuracy and attention to detail and the ability to work to tight deadlines and remain calm under pressure. You will be well supported by the Accounts Payable Supervisor and Financial Controller, and you will be encouraged to proactively develop your role, the department, and in turn your own career through taking an inquisitive and challenging approach to your work. If you are studying for an accountancy qualification or keen to embark on this route, you will be encouraged in this direction and supported with your professional development to enable further progression within the business as you pass your exams.

To Apply

If you are available to start a new role at short notice and this opportunity sounds like the right next step for you to build on your experience or are looking for an entry level role where you can and broaden your skills set, then we are very keen to hear from you so please forward your CV to Abacus Consulting without delay! We would welcome enthusiastic and eager individuals to apply ASAP.

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Purchase Ledger Assistant – Milton Keynes

Purchase Ledger Assistant, Temp to Permanent, Milton Keynes, £25,000-£27,000

Our client an established global organisation are seeking a Purchase Ledger Assistant to join their busy finance team on a temp – perm basis.

Your role will be varied and will include:

  • Checking and processing supplier invoices accurately and efficiently
  • Raising supplier payments.
  • Liaison with colleagues and suppliers to investigate and resolve queries
  • Reconciling supplier statements and nominal ledger accounts reconciliation

The best suited candidate would be somebody who has held a similar position previously and holds strong Excel skills.

A super opportunity to work in a company which will offer study support and career progression.

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Purchase Ledger/Fleet Administrator – Milton Keynes

Purchase Ledger/Fleet Administrator, Milton Keynes, up to £25,000+ Hybrid working

This established business is seeking a Purchase Ledger and Fleet Administrator to join their busy finance department. Reporting to the Purchase Ledger Supervisor the role is varied, including but not limited to:

  • Working closely with the Finance Manager, Purchase Ledger Supervisor and colleagues across the business plus external suppliers
  • Working on a ledger of approx. £10.5m (total value of invoices per year)
  • Accurately matching stock invoices to P/O’s and coding overhead invoices and ensuring the correct amount of VAT is processed
  • Completing a variety of administrative tasks involving the fleet vehicles
  • Manage and maintain multiple spreadsheets relating to the fleet vehicles
  • Liaise with colleagues within the business to ensure up to date records are kept of vehicles and be prepared to update Finance Director upon request
  • Keep orderly records of all documents relating to fleet either scanned and uploaded to OneDrive or physical copies when needed
  • Processing of Parking Charge Notices (PCN) and Toll Charges for all Company vehicles

This is a super role for a candidate who holds good communication skills, is able to liaise with confidence at all levels, hold previous purchase ledger experience and can work to deadlines.

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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
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Tax Analyst – Brackley

Working for exciting world class business, providing tax analysis, Brackley, to £40,000+ Bonus & Hybrid   

As the Tax Analyst, you will be responsible for the preparation of various tax compliance tasks in order to help the company meet its statutory deadlines for the business and its subsidiaries

Assistance with the analysis and preparation of:

  • Corporation Tax
  • CT61s Corporation tax returns, including:
  • General ledger review
  • Capital allowances and fixed assets review
  • Corporation tax payment calculation
  • Related party transaction analysis
  • Employment Tax
  • PAYE Settlement Agreement Short Term Business Visitors return Gathering data for foreign payroll A1 applications
  • VAT
  • UK VAT returns and any overseas VAT/Sales tax returns as may be required Submission of VAT returns General ledger analysis

Supporting the tax payment process by making payment requests and obtaining proof of payments

Review and analysis of Master Data for customers, suppliers and parts, such as VAT codes, Inco Terms, Commodity Codes etc in SAP Behaviours.

You will be dealing with a broad range of taxes, so must have a suitable understanding of some areas of tax, but more importantly a willingness to learn and improve their knowledge where required. There are deadlines across multiple taxes internationally, so in order to be successful you must be organised and be able to keep on top of our statutory requirements. Our client aims to be a ‘World Class’ tax team, so the successful applicant must show enthusiasm to improve the department where required, and confidence to speak their mind.

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Finance Professional – Newport Pagnell

Finance Professional, AAT Part/Qualified, Management Accounts, Newport Pagnell, to £35,000+ Study

Our client, a well-established, modern, highly reputable organisation in the north Buckinghamshire area providing a high level of services to their clients is seeking a Finance Professional to join their efficient main finance team. The role is responsible for the integrity of the commercial accounting activities of the business. They will have full responsibility of the financial analysis and reporting of financial performance of allocated projects.

As a Finance Professional in the team, your responsibilities will include:

  • Review project performance with client services team
  • Budgets, forecasts, financial analysis
  • Month end responsibilities – postings, transactions, nominal accounts
  • Business process improvements

This person will hold strong Excel skills. You will require confident communication skills as you will be tasked with working alongside senior stakeholders in the organisation, as well as the clients you provide a service to.

This individual will also be self-motivated and pro-active, with the ability to work towards business deadlines. We are ideally looking for someone who is AAT part or fully qualified or CIMA or ACCA part qualified This role is not a progressive role, so would be ideally suited to those looking to settle into a role for the foreseeable future.

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Purchase Ledger Clerk – Leighton Buzzard

Purchase Ledger Clerk, 2 permanent vacancies, Leighton Buzzard, to £28,000

Our client, a successful SME business, need 2 Purchase Ledger Clerks to join the team

Working in a high volume, fast paced environment your duties as Purchase Ledger Clerk will include the following:

  • Processing invoices
  • Reconciling supplier statements
  • Payment runs
  • Query resolution
  • Finance administration

The ideal candidate will have current or recent purchase ledger experience ideally in a high volume environment. You will live locally. Great role where you can develop your finance skills.

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Financial Analyst – Milton Keynes

Financial Analyst, Milton Keynes, Qualified CIMA, ACCA or ACA, £65,000+ bonus and generous benefits

Our client, a well-established and highly reputable services group, is seeking a qualified Financial Analyst to join their efficient UK finance team. The role is a senior position, responsible for the delivery of high-quality financial support information to senior management.

As the Financial Analyst, your responsibilities will include:

  • Production & delivery of monthly accounts and documentation
  • Review P&L in detail and report findings to CFO on a monthly basis
  • Provide accurate, timely financial analysis to key stakeholders
  • Streamline and develop financial reporting processes
  • Support annual budgeting and annual audit processes

For the Financial Analyst role, we are looking for someone who is ideally ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualified with post qualification experience. Someone who is highly IT literate, with advanced Excel skills and ideally is a confident SAP user. This individual will also be self-motivated with the ability to work to tight deadlines as required by the senior management team. Someone who has ideally had team management experience. Someone who will be able to demonstrate where they have implemented effective change and how this has impacted an organisation. As you will need to build and maintain strong working relationships at all levels across the business, as well as working as part of a small team to ensure that required expectations on all deliverables are met, you will also require confident and effective communication skills.

This is a fast paced, varied role within a highly successful and ever changing sector, so if you have an analytical mindset, with a passion for organisational improvement and a drive to progress you career in a forward thinking, modern, positive business environment, please send your CV for consideration at the earliest opportunity.

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Assistant Management Accountant – Welwyn Garden City

Assistant Management Accountant, newly created ACCA/CIMA part qualified role, Welwyn, to £33,000 

My client are a forward thinking business who have ambitious plans for where they want to position themselves in their sector.

As a result of a recent restructure in the finance team they need an Assistant Management Accountant to work as part of a small finance team at their Welwyn office. The role reports into the Financial Controller.

As the Assistant Management Accountant your duties will include:

  • Intercompany Accounts and balance sheet recs
  • Cashflow forecasting VAT 
  • Variance analysis and commentary
  • Month end tasks
  • Mentor and support more junior members of finance team
  • Provide additional support to FC as needed 

The ideal candidate will have some management accounts experience and be CIMA or ACCA studier. Must be confident Excel user. Will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Great role for a junior management accountant looking for the step up or more experienced candidate. My client is looking for hospitality sector experience including Hotels and Care homes.

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Accounts Payable Administrator – Biggleswade

Accounts Payable Administrator, hands on, all round purchase ledger role, Biggleswade, c£30,000

Our client are a well-respected name in their sector with a global presence. They have a need for an Accounts Payable Administrator to join the team. This is a permanent/full time, office based role.

Your duties as an Accounts Payable Administrator will include:

  • Setting up new suppliers
  • Processing supplier invoices, credits and statements
  • Payment runs
  • Reconciling supplier statements   
  • Query resolution 

The ideal candidate will live locally and have some relevant finance experience, ideally in Accounts Payable. Must have good IT and Excel skills. Nice working environment, easily accessible and onsite parking.

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