ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT
MAIDENHEAD
£28,000 - £31,000 + BENEFITS
IMMEDIATE INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Get Recruited is working exclusively with a leading Educational establishment based in Maidenhead. They're looking to hire an Assistant Accountant to join a busy Accounts team of 5 and report into the Head of Finance.
ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:
- Purchasing responsible for purchasing for the entire school network
- Identifying best practices and working with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance across all sites.
- Raising and recording purchase orders, chasing of outstanding orders and delivery notes
- Checking supplier invoices against goods received
- Coding supplier invoices to nominal accounts
- Checking supplier statements and requesting invoice copies as needed
- Answering purchase ledger queries from suppliers and staff
- Maintaining purchase accounts records, including internal databases, lists and catalogues of supplies etc.
- Maintaining authorised signatory records on all respective finance documents
- Identifying budget shortfalls and communicating same to appropriate site/department
- Preparing financial analysis on a quarterly basis to quantify savings gained from using more economical suppliers or bulk discounts
- Undertake competitive price comparisons analysis to ensure contracted prices are in line with key supplier's offerings
- Assisting and, in conjunction with others, checking the fixed asset register
ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT DESIRED EXPERIENCE
- Intermediate MS Excel
- AAT Level 2 or above is desirable
- 2 years in a similar Assistant Accountant position
FOR THIS THE ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT WILL RECEIVE A COMPETITIVE SALARY OF UP TO £31,000 BASE + BENEFITS + STUDY
TO APPLY:
Please send your CV today for immediate consideration.
Get Recruited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
