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Assistant Accountant, Manchester
- UK - North West - Manchester
- 20,000
- Full-Time Contract/Temp
- Financial Services - Accounting
- London Scottish Bank
- 02-05-08
Job Description
ROLE PURPOSE
To monitor branch operations, in terms of reconciling daily cash sheets and running of the daily interface between the Portfolio system and the General Ledger.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Branch Accounting - to ensure that cash sheet macros are run daily producing an archive copy of the previous day`s cash sheet to be posted to the General Ledger and to provide the branch with a cash sheet for that day`s input.
2. Investigate on a daily basis with branches all differences recorded on the branch cash sheet, posting correcting journals on completion.
3. Monthly reconciliation of the branch bank accounts and control accounts to ensure that the branches are complying with procedures and that transactions are recorded accurately and promptly.
4. Ensure that loan cancellations/ cheque & cash refunds and non branch payments are reconciled between the Portfolio debtor ledger and the General Ledger, with any discrepancies being raised with branch management.
5. Assist with the implementation of a weekly report highlighting reconciliation issues on a branch by branch basis.
KEY CONTACTS ON A DAILY BASIS
To monitor branch operations, in terms of reconciling daily cash sheets and running of the daily interface between the Portfolio system and the General Ledger.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Branch Accounting - to ensure that cash sheet macros are run daily producing an archive copy of the previous day`s cash sheet to be posted to the General Ledger and to provide the branch with a cash sheet for that day`s input.
2. Investigate on a daily basis with branches all differences recorded on the branch cash sheet, posting correcting journals on completion.
3. Monthly reconciliation of the branch bank accounts and control accounts to ensure that the branches are complying with procedures and that transactions are recorded accurately and promptly.
4. Ensure that loan cancellations/ cheque & cash refunds and non branch payments are reconciled between the Portfolio debtor ledger and the General Ledger, with any discrepancies being raised with branch management.
5. Assist with the implementation of a weekly report highlighting reconciliation issues on a branch by branch basis.
KEY CONTACTS ON A DAILY BASIS
- Finance Manager
- Branch staff
- Field Services managers
- Other members of the Finance Department
- Finance Operations Manager
- Members of the Internal Audit team
- IT helpdesk
- Banks
- External Audit
- Part Qualified Accountant or AAT qualified
- Intermediate Excel
- Good Interpersonal and Communication skills (telephone in particular)
- Bank and other reconciliations
- IT skills (knowledge of CODA an advantage)
- Used to manipulating large volumes of data
- Working to deadlines
- Tenacious self starter who is able to plan his/her workload
- Team Player
- Flexible attitude to work and to change
- Experience of Financial Services an advantage
- Immediate Start
- Fixed 6 month contract, thereafter one month's rolling notice - anticipated total length of contract 12 months
Only candidates with a full, valid UK work permit need apply, there are no sponsorship opportunities available with this role.
If you meet the above criteria, please click on the blue button below to apply.
- Carolyn Preston
- FALSBAA
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