Accounts Assistant - SPEC Engineering Ltd : Job Details

SPEC Engineering Ltd is a Global Engineering company and has recently set up offices in the UK.

We are looking to expand our finance team further having recently recruited a Financial Controller and an Accounts Assistant.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, our additional Accounts Assistant will support the Finance team in day-to-day processing and accounting administration

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Financial Controller in managing all day to day accounting operations – such as Billing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting, Fixed Asset Register and Revenue Recognition.
• Assist with preparing and publishing all monthly financial statements.
• Creating reports (annual and monthly) for analysis by the Financial Controller to identify results, trends and forecasts.
• Ensuring all transactions are recorded, filed and reported properly.
• Ensuring reporting meets compliant standards with statutory law and financial regulations.
• Documenting business processes and accounting policies to maintain internal controls.
• Supporting the Financial Controller with the audit process and liaising with external personnel where required.
• Processing expense claims
• Carry out out any other reasonable requests in line with the broad responsibilities of the role.

Qualifications and Experience

• Previous experience as an Accounts Assistant (Approx 3-5 years)
• AAT accreditation desirable.
• Bachelors Degree in Mathematics/Accounting or similar.
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy while meeting strict deadlines.