Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Permanent – Part Time

Location: Wallingford, UK – Hybrid

Description

About The Role:

To support the finance team by ensuring accurate and timely processing of financial transactions, maintaining organised records and assisting with routine accounting tasks. Playing a vital role in maintaining the integrity of financial data and contributing to the smooth operation of the organisations financial processes.

Outcomes

1. Timely and Accurate Month-End Processing:

• Completes key aspects of the month-end close process, including posting accruals and prepayments, ensuring financial results reflect a true and fair view.
• Produces and reviews monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring all accounts are fully supported, accurate and ready for internal review or audit.
• Supports the preparation of board pack slides by providing accurate, up-to-date financial metrics and variance analysis, enabling informed decision-making.
• Ensures all financial data is accurate, current, and maintained in accounting systems, supporting internal and external reporting requirements.

2. Ownership of Purchase Order Approvals:

• Manages the end-to-end PO process, including approval workflows and accurate coding of expenditure back to the correct budget and forecast lines.
• Works closely with budget holders to ensure financial transactions are correctly coded, challenging inconsistencies to support accurate forecasting and financial control.

3. Sales Ledger Accuracy & Credit Control Support:

• Maintains an accurate sales ledger by supporting the Credit Controller in;

• Assists wider GTI team with client set up forms, and providing financial information for tender submissions.

4. Active member of the Finance team and wider business:

• Enjoy contributing to the team dynamic, outcomes and wider business.
• Live and promote the GTI values.

Person Specification

• Excellent attention to detail and high level of numerical accuracy.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage time effectively across multiple tasks.
• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of assigned responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and goals.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and takes initiative.
• Professional curiosity with a willingness to learn.

Work Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong Excel Skills.
• Practical knowledge of month-end processes including accruals, prepayments, and reconciliations.
• Experience working in a finance or accounts team, ideally in a similar assistant or junior accounting role.
• AAT qualified or working towards (or equivalent accounting experience).
• Previous use of Xero accounting software is beneficial but not essential.

Other Information

• Permanent role – 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.30am – 2.30pm.
• 3-month probationary period.
• Study Support

Candidates applying for roles at GTI will be subject to background screening. You can find out more about our background screening and the recruitment of ex-offenders by reading our policies.

If you would like to speak to a member of our team to find out more information about this vacancy or you have any questions, please get in touch – recruitment@groupgti.com.

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