Assistant Accountant (Hockley)

About Us
With over 25 years’ experience, Seetec are one of the UK’s largest and most experienced providers of Government funded employability and skills training programmes. We are passionately committed to empowering individuals and organisations to release their potential through our employment and training programmes and our software solutions. Seetec help thousands of people each year to achieve and sustain their aspirations for lasting employment, due to the passion and motivation of our employees. In return, our employees are rewarded with a competitive salary and benefits package, along with the satisfaction that their work has made a difference to our clients’ lives.

The Role
We are looking for an Assistant Accountant to undertake a variety of duties within the Accounts Department. Key Elements of the Role will be to assist in:- *Management and co-ordination of records, administration, contract management and financial documentation for the respective programmes. *Maintenance of accurate and up-to-date financial systems and information for the Group to enable the Directors to safeguard and develop the Company’s assets. *Preparation of Management Accounts on a timely basis and help report financial performance of the Group to the Directors. *Recording and accounting for cash and credit transactions complying with the Company’s cash management and credit procedures and accounting timetable. *Preparing periodic performance reports, reports for outside agencies and the preparation of VAT/Inland Revenue returns. *Assuring the quality of accounting systems and implementation of auditing procedures and programmes *Management of cash balances and cashflow to facilitate the achievement of Departmental business objectives and activities. *Production of draft budget proposals, forecasts of income and expenditure, and cost estimates to evaluate our current and proposed activities. *Recommending, implementing and contributing to the management and reduction of costs, improvement to cost ratios, the enhancement of value and revenue generation. *Preparation of tenders, make proposals for expenditure on programmes of work. *Evaluation of tenders and proposals for expenditure, monitor programmes of work and return on investment *Provide administrative and office support for the Department. *To implement the Equality and Diversity Policy into own daily activities *To be responsible for own Health and Safety and that of colleagues in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and relevant EC directives including reporting any health and safety hazards immediately on becoming aware of them. *To work in accordance with Seetec’s Data Security Policy and BSI 27001 *To work in accordance with Seetec’s Environmental Policy and ISO14001

Skills & Experience
*Excellent verbal and written communication skills. *Confident and professional approach. *Excellent all round IT skills. Knowledge of IRIS and Sage would be an advantage. *Registration with CIMA, ACCA or equivalent, with part qualification as a minimum together with a determination to achieve full qualification in the next year or so. *Experience of College/SFA claims and reporting *Experience of producing departmental budgets and revenue forecasting *Comfortable reporting to extremely tight and immoveable monthly deadlines *Experience of providing detailed Statistics and Reports to internal and external bodies, *Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Additional Information
Salary up to £38,400Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.