Accounts Assistant | Borehamwood, Hertfordshire | Expanding IT Technology | £27-30,000 + study support and benefits

This dynamic technology business with ambitious growth plans is looking for an ambitious Accounts Assistant with at least a year's experience to join its busy finance team. Key tasks include:

• Support the Finance Manager in preparing and posting monthly accruals, prepayments and general ledger journals.
• Assist with monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Provide proactive support on the preparation of monthly management accounts. Bank reconciliations, ledgers and control accounts.
• Supporting the monthly payroll preparation, as required.
• Dealing with ad-hoc financial queries from across the business.
• Accounts payable core processes (registering supplier invoices, reconciling supplier statements, resolving queries, producing payment runs)
• Accounts receivable core processes (raising customer invoices, Reconciling customer accounts, resolving queries, credit control)
• Bank reconciliations
• Recording and reconciling companies credit cards
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Timely submission of VAT returns
• Preparation of monthly Profit & Loss statement

You will have previous experience as an Accounts Assistant, with strong IT and systems skills, and a real willingness to go the extra mile for colleagues and customers.

Previous experience of supporting the management accounts process is key for this role, as you would be expected to be either considering or studying for a relevant finance qualification (ACA, CIMA or AAT). Experience with MS Excel is also key. You are a team player with the ability to work to deadlines and grow your career.