Project Supervisor - Room for Advancement

Job Opportunity - Group Accountant
Location - Southampton
Salary - £40,000 to £50,000

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Daily accessing the various bank accounts and printing bank statements
• Daily updating cash flow from bank statements
• Posting bank statement on sage and reconciling bank accounts via cash book
• Posting of sales and purchase invoices onto sage
• Credit control from cash flow and aged debtors report from sage
• Bi-weekly payment run from aged creditors and supplier statements
• International and UK payments through internet banking
• Monitoring cash flow forecast repayment for account transfers
• Payment of monthly salaries and journal posting of the same into sage
• Payment of monthly PAYE to HMRC
• Payment of overseas salaries and corresponding payments
• Vat returning - submitting quarterly for UK and publishing
• Monthly accounts - processing of TB, balance sheet, and profit & loss account
• Reconciling and posting of monthly company credit cards/statements
• Petty cash - reconciling and monitoring of same
• Contact with external accountants for monthly salary information and year end accounts
• Supplier/customer contact for accounts related inquiries
• Preparing monthly and quarterly reports for CEO
• Analysis of customers purchases showing trend and variances
• Preparation of costing spread sheets to update prices and calculate profit
• Preparation of month management accounts for the group with monthly flash reports and quarterly detailed reports.
• Ad-hoc analysis when required for meetings
• Knowledge of international vat for ocean going vessels
• Providing information as requested by external accountants
• Overseeing all accounts work
• Maintain awareness of and comply with the company quality policy and application company procedures.

Profile:

• ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified or qualified by experience
• Experience of working as an accountant in SME's
• Strong knowledge of SAGE is essential
• Strong communication and management skills
• All round tax experiences

Supervisory responsibilities:

• One full-time assistant accountant