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Assistant Accountant Jobs in London Area, United Kingdom at Ivy Rock Partners
Title: Assistant Accountant
Company: Ivy Rock Partners
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Ivy Rock Partners is supporting a fantastic Higher Education Institution in central London in recruiting an interim Assistant Accountant on an initial 6 month contract, with a view to the role becoming permanent in the future.
If you are an ambitious finance professional in the early stages of your career, perhaps frustrated by the lack of opportunities in your current role – this would be a perfect development opportunity for you, and a chance to learn from the wider team alongside gaining a financial qualification with the help of a study package.
Operating within the Finance team, the Assistant Accountant will be responsible for a range of key financial duties. Working to the Head of Financial Accounting & Control, the role holder will deliver a high-quality customer service to students and staff.
The role holder will work with the Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Director of Finance, Financial Controller, Head of Financial Accounting, Financial & Project Accountant, Assistant Accountant and other members of the Finance team as well as a wide range of staff across the College and students. The role holder will also liaise with the College’s bank, auditors and insurers.
Key responsibilities
- Reconciliation of all monthly payroll control accounts and raising relevant queries with the People & Culture team
- Preparation of the quarterly VAT return
- Reconciliation of the VAT accounts and VAT returns, ensuring that the VAT returns are reflective of the relevant transactions in the accounting system
- Manage and develop fixed asset register, including the identification and posting of monthly additions and running/posting depreciation, to ensure accurate month end and year end accounts
- Credit Cards – maintain and administer corporate card accounts, supporting the Accounts Payable team as required
- Delivery of key monthly reconciliations to deadline
- Preparation of allocated year end schedules
- Budgeting/forecasting for payroll items allocated within the timetable
- Detailed checking of the monthly payroll ensuring controls are followed and queries are resolved
- Process relevant endowment journals
- Prepare financial information to meet requests from external auditors during interim/final audits and for the finance-related aspects of internal audits
- Prepare and upload journals to the finance system as required
- Carry out other month end duties allocated in line with the timetable
- Preparation and upload of statutory returns (including the quarterly ONS survey)
- Prepare the annual insurance documents for review and sign off
- Process insurance claims to stated service level agreements and liaise with the College insurers over claims
- Provide financial analysis and support to the Head of Financial Accounting & Control
- Maintain the Finance mailbox, responding to and redirecting queries as appropriate
- Undertake any other duties requested by the Head of Financial Accounting & Control and any other senior members of the Finance team
