Assistant Accountant
DJ/0293
Assistant Accountant
Wrexham
£30-32k
I am recruiting for an Assistant Accountant to join a successful, multi-site manufacturer in Wrexham. Reporting to the Senior Management Accountant you will have a strong commercial focus working closely with key stakeholders across the business.
Duties:
- Gather, analyse and present sales information
- Maintain promotional analysis forms up-to-date
- Evaluate promotional activity, using retailer sales data (SKU track, EPOS, retailer’s online platforms)
- Liaise between Sales, Finance and Customer Service teams and communicate relevant sales/promotional information
- Update Sales pricing on ERP system
- Maintain & update sales forecast model
- Development and building of systems to collect and present retailer sales data (EPOS)
- Update weekly competitor pricing monitor
- Reconcile Finished Goods movement monthly
- Ensure completeness and reconciliation of AP/AR ledgers, Banks and Stock
- Assist in the preparation and reporting of monthly management accounts
- Support the Accountant and FC on annual budget preparation and statutory audit, including dealing with queries/preparing reports
- Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations for key balance sheet accounts such as accruals, prepayments, intercompany balances; including assessing accuracy and valuation of balances and identifying risks as appropriate
- Management and submission of applicable HMRC and other statutory returns
Key Skills:
- Part Qualified/Studying Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
- Bookkeeping experience (Essential)
- Sage experience, preferably SAGE200.
- Excellent numerical and analytical skills
- Good Excel Knowledge
- Good IT Skills
- Proactive and hard-working
- Organised, flexible & diligent
- Team worker
- Comfortable working remotely
Benefits:
- Hybrid/Agile working
- Early finish Friday
- Study support