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Accounts Technician

Job description

Summary

As an Accounts Technician, you will be integral to maintaining the financial health of ICW. Reporting to the Financial Controller, your role involves processing of the sales ledger, various accounting tasks including management accounts and utilizing Sage 50. Additionally, your relevant experience in Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Excel, will support accurate financial reporting and analysis, contributing to our overall success.

Main Responsibilities

Sales Ledger processing:

  • Accurate daily capture, analysis and maintenance of lodgement list for payments received, with identification of differences using Excel, Sage, Natwest Online banking and MPACS system.
  • Use of Sage 50 to win quotations from MPACS system, post invoices, commissions and corresponding banking entries.
  • Processing of credit notes and engage with account executives to make the refund process run smoothly and accurately.
  • Emailing invoices/ CR notes to clients and assistance in dealing with client queries
  • Process credit card payments using Worldpay / Amex.

Treasury Function:

  • Daily use of Sage 50 to perform client account bank reconciliation from lodgement list, with understanding and resolution of any differences
  • Reconciliation and posting of ‘other creditors’ as required
  • Processing of refunds

Management Accounts and related:

  • Prepare management accounts for several entities.
  • Post relevant journals and adjusting entries, including prepayments, accruals, depreciation, intercompany recharges, reclasses
  • Assist in maintaining intercompany balance matrix for the group.
  • Reconcile all balance sheet accounts
  • Provide detailed P&L analysis / commentary for presentation to SMT
  • Maintain fixed asset register
  • Prepare VAT returns

Debtors Control Account Maintenance:

Other responsibilities:

  • Involvement & assistance with month end.
  • Cover duties for Finance department during staff annual leave.
  • Assist with annual year end accounting and audit.
  • Assist with developing the processes and systems within the department to help improve controls, reduce risk, and improve efficiencies.
  • Other ad hoc duties in line with departmental needs.

Essential criteria:

  • Qualified Accounting Technician or working towards
  • Minimum 2yrs experience in a busy accounts environment.
  • Ability to work as part of a team.
  • Ability to show experience meeting deadlines.
  • Ability to excellent demonstrate attention to detail.

Desirable criteria:

  • Use of Sage 50.
  • Use of VLOOKUP/Pivot tables.

Additional Information

As part of the ICW Group everyone is:

  • expected to behave and act in a way which promotes and contributes to the overall aims, values and ethos of the Company.
  • required to participate in regular training and other learning activities, including 1-1s and appraisals as required by the Company’s policies and procedures
  • required to participate in any relevant current and new legislative and regulatory activities as may occur.

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