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Assistant Accountant (Maternity Cover) - Hersham
Job summary
A major retail company in Hersham is seeking an Assistant Accountant for maternity cover. The role involves maintaining the General Ledger, processing journals, cash reconciliations, and assisting with monthly financial reporting. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and a good command of Microsoft Office tools. This dynamic position requires promptness and excellent teamwork in a fast-changing environment.
Qualifications
- Strong organizational skills are essential.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent analytical and teamwork skills are required.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and post journals for payroll and other transactions.
- Assist with treasury reporting and reconciliations.
- Support annual audit activities and provide documentation.
Skills
Tools
To assist with the maintenance of General Ledger, including processing of journals, account analysis and all associated transactions and reporting requirements (detail in main responsibilities). Management of cash processing and reconciliations, assist treasury reporting, fixed asset accounting and reporting to parent company with monthly figures / reports (detail in main responsibilities)
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Prepare and post journals for payroll, prepayments, accruals etc.
- Maintain Leasa tool, post lease adjustments monthly
- Assist Intercompany recharges to other LVMH companies
- Reconcile, analyse and clear all balance sheet accounts, for review by FA
- Reconcile Direct to Retail (DTR) Sales and stock monthly
- Ensure cash entries are made accurately and in good time
- Post all Direct Debits to supplier accounts
- Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for 3 bank accounts
- Confirm cash pooling balance in Diapason and post interest rec’d, paid
Treasury reporting:
- Enter cash positions in to the LVMH treasury reporting system Syrus.
- Prepare cash flow spreadsheets for Syrus reporting
- Liaise with wider Finance team to understand variances
- Prepare analysis reports
Fixed Assets:
- Creation and disposal of assets
- Monthly maintenance of work in progress (WIP) accountTrack movement and status changes
- Monthly depreciation run
Annual Audit:
- Support annual audit, provide necessary documentation
- Monitor audit portal for new requests
- Ensure audit requests are managed in a timely manner
VAT, Tax & NIC’s:
- Request payment of VAT, Tax & NIC
- Quarterly preparation of Corporation tax figures, post journal
Intercompany:
- Confirm agreement and reconcile intercompany balances with Group monthly
- Analyse and generate monthly recharges
- Arrange Payment of intercompany balances
- Ensure all intercompany entries reconcile
- Liaise with other BPC brands to ensure month end accruals are accounted for accurately
- Raise all intercompany invoices
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Strong organisational skills
- Able to deal with ambiguity
- Excellent team player
- Excellent analytical skills
- Quick thinking, calm under pressure, helpful and willing to deal with queries
- Must have a sense of urgency, be prompt and dynamic in a fast changing environment
- Good telephone manner
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Good knowledge of Microsoft office (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
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