Assistant Accountant
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Job Description: The Assistant Accountant role involves managing revenue and invoicing processes within a leading international firm for a 6-9 month fixed-term contract. The position requires collaboration with internal teams to ensure accurate billing, project finance oversight, credit control, payroll processing, and financial reporting. This is an opportunity for detail-driven accountants to contribute to exciting project-based work while maintaining compliance in revenue streams. Candidates should have relevant accounts experience and a passion for numbers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work closely with internal sales and account teams to ensure timely and accurate billing to clients
- Prepare and issue invoices, including deposits and final balances
- Review invoice data within the financial system for completeness and accuracy
- Manage monthly consolidated invoices for major clients
- Review supplier-related invoices for accuracy against purchase orders
- Process credit notes as needed
- Participate in monthly project review meetings
- Review completed projects for proper invoicing and revenue recognition
- Reconcile work-in-progress (WIP) balances and monitor project-related costs
- Distribute regular statements to clients and follow up on outstanding payments
- Collaborate with account managers to escalate overdue accounts
- Handle onboarding and offboarding of employees within the payroll system
- Calculate and process payroll, issue payslips, and address payroll-related queries
- Create and post payroll journals and support annual reporting
- Collaborate with internal teams to maintain and improve financial reporting tools
- Update weekly cashflow forecasts with expected receipts
- Carry out monthly balance sheet reconciliations for selected accounts
Skills Required:
- Relevant prior accounts experience
- Familiarity with stock and cost/project accounting
- Detail-oriented with strong numerical skills
- Experience in revenue management and invoicing
- Ability to collaborate with internal teams
- Proficient in payroll processing
- Strong financial reporting skills
- Excellent communication skills for client interactions
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Uxbridge
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Are you a detail-driven accountant with a passion for numbers and a flair for revenue control? Looking for a varied accounts role in an organisation and sector that's both exciting and engaging. If so, we're partnering with a leading firm in their search for an experienced Assistant Accountant to join their UK team on a 6-9 month fixed-term contract . This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a well-established, international organisation - helping keep their revenue streams streamlined and compliant while contributing to exciting, project-based work.
What will you be doing?
- Revenue Management & Invoicing
- Work closely with internal sales and account teams to ensure timely and accurate billing to clients
- Prepare and issue invoices; including deposits and final balances
- Review invoice data within the financial system to ensure all necessary details are complete and accurate
- Manage monthly consolidated invoices for major clients, ensuring all services and charges are reflected
- Review supplier-related invoices for accuracy against purchase orders and internal records
- Process credit notes as needed
- Project Finance Oversight
- Participate in monthly project review meetings
- Review completed projects to confirm proper invoicing and revenue recognition
- Reconcile work-in-progress (WIP) balances and monitor project-related costs
- Credit Control
- Distribute regular statements to clients
- Follow up on outstanding payments via phone and email
- Collaborate with account managers to escalate overdue accounts and initiate credit holds where appropriate
- Payroll Processing
- Handle the onboarding and offboarding of employees within the payroll system
- Calculate and process payroll, issue payslips, and address any payroll-related queries
- Create and post payroll journals and support annual reporting such as P11Ds
- Financial Reporting & Support
- Collaborate with internal teams to maintain and improve financial reporting tools, including migrating from spreadsheets to a CRM system
- Update weekly cashflow forecasts with expected receipts
- Carry out monthly balance sheet reconciliations for selected accounts
If you have relevant prior accounts experience/knowledge, ideally familiar with stock and cost/project accounting and are seeking a new role and feel the above would appeal. Please apply below.
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Job Description: The Assistant Accountant role involves managing revenue and invoicing processes within a leading international firm for a 6-9 month fixed-term contract. The position requires collaboration with internal teams to ensure accurate billing, project finance oversight, credit control, payroll processing, and financial reporting. This is an opportunity for detail-driven accountants to contribute to exciting project-based work while maintaining compliance in revenue streams. Candidates should have relevant accounts experience and a passion for numbers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work closely with internal sales and account teams to ensure timely and accurate billing to clients
- Prepare and issue invoices, including deposits and final balances
- Review invoice data within the financial system for completeness and accuracy
- Manage monthly consolidated invoices for major clients
- Review supplier-related invoices for accuracy against purchase orders
- Process credit notes as needed
- Participate in monthly project review meetings
- Review completed projects for proper invoicing and revenue recognition
- Reconcile work-in-progress (WIP) balances and monitor project-related costs
- Distribute regular statements to clients and follow up on outstanding payments
- Collaborate with account managers to escalate overdue accounts
- Handle onboarding and offboarding of employees within the payroll system
- Calculate and process payroll, issue payslips, and address payroll-related queries
- Create and post payroll journals and support annual reporting
- Collaborate with internal teams to maintain and improve financial reporting tools
- Update weekly cashflow forecasts with expected receipts
- Carry out monthly balance sheet reconciliations for selected accounts
Skills Required:
- Relevant prior accounts experience
- Familiarity with stock and cost/project accounting
- Detail-oriented with strong numerical skills
- Experience in revenue management and invoicing
- Ability to collaborate with internal teams
- Proficient in payroll processing
- Strong financial reporting skills
- Excellent communication skills for client interactions
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Uxbridge
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Are you a detail-driven accountant with a passion for numbers and a flair for revenue control? Looking for a varied accounts role in an organisation and sector that's both exciting and engaging. If so, we're partnering with a leading firm in their search for an experienced Assistant Accountant to join their UK team on a 6-9 month fixed-term contract . This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a well-established, international organisation - helping keep their revenue streams streamlined and compliant while contributing to exciting, project-based work.
What will you be doing?
- Revenue Management & Invoicing
- Work closely with internal sales and account teams to ensure timely and accurate billing to clients
- Prepare and issue invoices; including deposits and final balances
- Review invoice data within the financial system to ensure all necessary details are complete and accurate
- Manage monthly consolidated invoices for major clients, ensuring all services and charges are reflected
- Review supplier-related invoices for accuracy against purchase orders and internal records
- Process credit notes as needed
- Project Finance Oversight
- Participate in monthly project review meetings
- Review completed projects to confirm proper invoicing and revenue recognition
- Reconcile work-in-progress (WIP) balances and monitor project-related costs
- Credit Control
- Distribute regular statements to clients
- Follow up on outstanding payments via phone and email
- Collaborate with account managers to escalate overdue accounts and initiate credit holds where appropriate
- Payroll Processing
- Handle the onboarding and offboarding of employees within the payroll system
- Calculate and process payroll, issue payslips, and address any payroll-related queries
- Create and post payroll journals and support annual reporting such as P11Ds
- Financial Reporting & Support
- Collaborate with internal teams to maintain and improve financial reporting tools, including migrating from spreadsheets to a CRM system
- Update weekly cashflow forecasts with expected receipts
- Carry out monthly balance sheet reconciliations for selected accounts
If you have relevant prior accounts experience/knowledge, ideally familiar with stock and cost/project accounting and are seeking a new role and feel the above would appeal. Please apply below.
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