Accounts Assistant - Ipswich, Suffolk
Job Title:
Accounts Assistant [Payroll & Purchase Ledger]
Job Purpose
To be responsible for the Company payroll and Factory purchase ledger.
Accountabilities
1. To process weekly and monthly payroll for all staff in liaison with Human Resources Manager, Plant Accountant and Management Accountant.
2. To prepare management reports relating to both weekly and monthly payrolls, together with relevant journals for monthend processing.
3. To be responsible for the payroll yearend process, ensuring that all statutory deadlines are met and reconciliations and reporting are completed in a timely manner.
4. To be responsible for the Factory purchase ledger in particular collating invoices with goods receipts and purchase orders, coding for accountant authorisation and inputting batches.
5. To reconcile supplier statements and ensure all queries are resolved in a timely manner.
6. To reconcile raw materials creditors account, ensuring that goods received and invoices are correctly coded and matched so that Balance Sheet creditors are not mis-stated.
7. To process stock control transactions to reclassify stock items and reconcile stock status.
8. To assist in the preparation of spreadsheets and management schedules for the annual Business Plan and audit.
9. To provide holiday/sickness cover for the daily processing of production figures and stock movements.
10. To prepare ad hoc spreadsheets and reports for the Plant Accountant and Management team as required
11. To adhere to the Company’s policies and procedures and ensure that you respect and adhere to these with regard to health and safety, minimisation of waste and care for the environment, equality of opportunity, elimination of discrimination and unfair treatment and prevention of fraud.
12. To encourage and pursue a policy of continuous improvement and ensure, through co-ordination with the Quality Assurance Manager, that departmental procedures and work instructions are maintained, up-dated when necessary and adhered to.
13. To adhere to the Celotex Accounting Procedures (CAP’s) and where appropriate manage and monitor expenditure under your control.
14. To undertake any other duties as may be required from time to time by the Group Directors or your Manager.
Skills and Experience required for the role
Previous experience of payroll, both hourly/weekly and monthly, preferably using Sage payroll package.
Previous experience of working in a manufacturing industry accounts department.
CIMA Level 1 or AAT qualified.
Experience of standard costings and Purchase Ledger.
Intermediate or Advanced Excel Spreadsheet skills and previous experience of accounting databases.
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