Accounts Assistant - Bedford, United Kingdom - Ideal Personnel & Recruitment Solutions Limited

Ideal Personnel & Recruitment Solutions Limited

Verified Company

Bedford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our client has a permanent vacancy for an Accounts to perform a variety of banking duties and financial administration, as well as reconciling bank accounts against the company's own internal accounting records and investigating any exceptions which arise from this.

The role

Manually reconciling UK and IRL bank accounts against internal accounting records
Administration of various banking systems (including , Precision pay, EPDQ and Barclaycard) including new user setup, queries, adjusting credit limits.
Providing guidance to yards with administration queries relating to the banking systems used
Administration of out of date and voided cheques, stop cheque requests, Cheque referrals, recalls, setting up DD's and Templates via the banking System.
Weekly downloading and sourcing of backup information in preparation for reconciliations
Weekly reporting & dashboards to senior management
Month end reporting, presenting reconciliations for signoff
Preparing journal entries in JD Edwards for adjustments/write offs
Using the company system and online banking system to review exceptions & providing guidance to business units with deposit/cheque queries to rectify errors
Using JD Edwards and online banking system to reconcile deposits and cheques
Using JD Edwards to reconcile the general bank accounts, ensuring all entries have been recorded in the correct accounting period
Assisting in preparation for quarterly auditing, including SOX compliance
Regularly liaising with other teams, both internally, and with Barclays
Working proactively to ensure deadlines are met & processes are examined and improved.

Requirements:

Good MS Excel skills, including an understanding of vlookups and pivots
Exceptional attention to detail
Previous experience of reconciling bank accounts
Able to format and present spreadsheets and reports to high standard
Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to build professional relationships
Ideally you will have knowledge of JD Edwards system
AAT Level 2 in Accounting is desirable but not essential
Online banking experience is preferred

Benefits