Accounts Assistant - Aberdeen, United Kingdom - Wilsone and Duffus

Wilsone and Duffus

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Aberdeen, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Wilsone & Duffus is one of Aberdeen's oldest legal firms.

We are a firm with local interest at heart providing the people of the North East with a more individual approach to Property and Legal Services.

We value our clients, other contacts and as importantly our staff, the majority of whom have worked with us for many years, testament to our caring approach.

We are proud that most of our business comes to us as repeat business, or through personal recommendation reflecting customer satisfaction.

Due to the retirement of a long standing senior member of our accountancy team, we are looking for a full time Accounts Assistant to join our team in our busy Golden Square office.

Responsibilities include managing and overseeing the daily operations of the accounting department not limited to:

Daily input of financial postings
Electronic transfers including chaps/faster payments/international payment
Assistance with legal cashroom activities including reconciling the clients and firms bank accounts, making payments, reviewing cash statements, posting cash receipts and cash payments to the client account system
Allocating funds and payment of purchase prices, loan redemptions, free proceeds and posting
Time management and priority setting
Month and yearend process
Oversight of month end procedures; ensuring required timelines are met
Maintain fiscal files and records to document transactions
Where possible make efficiency proposals, prevent mistakes by sufficient internal control procedures and foresee risks