Book-Keeper / Financial Controller

Location: Horsham, Haywards Heath, Guildford, Billingshurst
Skills: Previous bookkeeping/accounts experience is essential, along with good working knowledge of Excel and Sage. Due to the rural location of the business a driver with own transport will be required.

The Role

l Responsibility for the financial transactions and financial management
l Responsibility for ensuring that there is a full and accurate audit trail from the individual financial transactions of the business to the reported statutory and management accounts
l To ensure the complete, accurate and timely processing of all transactions within the accounting ledgers
l To be responsible for the preparation of, and submission of returns in relation to all PAYE and VAT activities required by HMRC

Primary tasks/responsibilities:

l Undertake all record keeping of income and expenditure of the Group, ensuring that the accounting ledgers reflect a true and accurate record of all business transactions, including the production of end of year Trial Balances for the Group’s businesses
l Take full responsibility for the processing of Payroll for the Group. To include the processing of starters and leavers, calculating employees gross and net pay, producing payslips and preparing & submitting all HMRC PAYE returns
l Take full ownership for VAT accounting, including the calculation, production and submission of VAT Returns for HMRC
l Take ownership for monthly reconciliations of all financial control accounts. This to include Bank Reconciliations, Payroll & VAT control accounts, and Creditors & Debtors ledgers
l Carry out activities in relation to sales ledger control, including the reporting of aged debt, and chasing debt with customers on behalf of management
l Production of monthly management accounts by key business area, with support provided to management in understanding variances from budgets and/or prior years
l Work with management in ensuring that all payments due to HMRC are made in accordance with HMRC deadlines
l Calculating and providing analysis/payments due for sales incentive schemes in place across the Group
l Undertake some sales and margin reporting and analysis, as required

The Candidate

Working within a small team you will have previous experience working in a book-keeping or accounting environment.

l Good communication, customer service and interpersonal skills
l Good computer skills, especially with Excel and Sage
l Ability to prioritise tasks and work to deadlines
l An eye for detail
l Self motivated and works well with limited direction

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