- Maintaining an accurate fixed asset register – creating new assets, posting depreciation and amortisation & reconciling to the general ledger
- Preparing and posting weekly inter-company development recharges
- Reconciling the project sub-ledger to the general ledger
- Preparation of accruals, prepayments and journals
- The ownership & reconciliation of key balance sheet control accounts
- Support the financial accountant with month and year end
- Provide accurate information for internal and external auditors
- Helping with the preparation of statutory accounts at year end
- Ensure all information is provided in accordance with agreed timetables and formats
- Establishing and maintaining robust relationships with your customers ensuring that you understand their needs and their business
- Good IT literacy including excel skills
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- The ability to communicate clearly with customers
- Appropriate proven experience of Microsoft Excel including setting up, using and linking spreadsheets
- Attention to detail
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Group bonus potential up to 15% of salary
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays and the "Orbit day"
- Private medical insurance
- Excellent contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance
- A great pick and mix of flexible benefits including the option to buy and sell holiday and much more
Assistant Accountant - Coventry, United Kingdom - Orbit Group
Description
Your role at Orbit.
Orbit are pleased to announce that we are looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant into our Capital Accounting team. You will provide support to the Financial Accountant with management of the fixed asset register and key housing properties balance sheet control accounts. You will provide support at month and year end to ensure the accuracy of statutory accounts information.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
What will help you make a difference.
To be successful in this Accounts Assistant position you will need to be AAT qualified or equivalent and ideally be working towards ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA/ICAEW or equivalent.
It is also essential that you have:
We know that an inclusive environment makes us more accessible and ensures we attract, engage, promote and retain great people. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of background, age, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity/nationality, religious belief, faith or disability. As part of our Armed Forces Covenant commitment, we welcome ex-services professionals to consider career opportunities at Orbit.
Why Orbit?
Rewarding your contribution.
For those who want or need more of a work life balanceour view is that this role is suitable for WorkSmart. This means we would consider a more flexible working arrangement, where your hours and work location are managed according to business, customer and personal needs. Agile working arrangements will be discussed during the interview process.
Some of our core benefits include: