Accountant

Accountant Runcorn Permanent £45,000pa – £52,000pa I am supporting a client based in Runcorn looking for an experienced Company Accountant to join their team on a full-time permanent basis. This vacancy is full time on site but offering fantastic benefits such as career progression, good pension contribution and life insurance benefits. Responsibilities as an Accountant: * Manage the 2 Finance Team members’ daily activities. * Full responsibility of the AP and AR ledger, stock ledger, reconciling of supplier statements and general ledger housekeeping. * Maintenance of the company’s fixed asset register. * Approving of employee expense claims. * Daily bank reconciliation. * Prepare of monthly Management Accounts with Balance Sheet recons. * Develop and maintain financial policies and procedures and effective systems of financial control. * Maintain product costings. * Cash flow management. * Payroll administration. * Manage the IT issues with external IT provider as backup. * Submission of quarterly VAT returns. Requirements: * AAT Level 4 qualified with a proven track record of at least 2 years in manufacturing. * Sage 200 experience essential. * Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, strong IT skills, with the ability to quickly learn new systems