Sales Ledger Assistant

Ellis Knight are excited to be recruiting for a Sales Ledger Assistant, for one of our key clients, a student accommodation provider based at their Oxford Head Office.

The role is to support Management Accountant and Team Leader in producing a set of monthly and/or quarterly set of management accounts per site. This role has responsibility for some of the key areas of European reporting - VAT reporting and timely invoicing.

Key Tasks

• Ensure all banking entries are entered onto the TCAS and Dream system daily with the support of the QX processing team and site team
• Managing client bank accounts and reconciliations (including credit card payment breakdown) on a daily basis and investigating where differences arise.
• Update tax reporting and invoicing spreadsheets as required
• Ensure timely invoicing per specific country requirements
• Annual processing of Tenant Deposit refunds and where required for early leavers
• Contribute to delivery of month end and management accounts
• Contribute to Accrual and Prepayment Preparation if necessary
• Reconciling Debtor and Creditor payments
• Reconciling VAT/ IVA in dream
• Assist in answering audit queries, site team queries and client requests including bank covenants in a timely manner
• Assist in the completion and filing VAT/ IVA returns
• To participate in process improvement

Knowledge and Skills

• Studying towards AAT/ACCA/CIMA/ACA. QBE will be considered.
• Minimum of 6 months in an accounting or finance role or relevant post of similar responsibility.
• Experience with bank reconciliations
• Microsoft Excel to include V Lookups, If Statements and Pivot Tables