Job Description
Trainee Accountant Graduate Are you a college graduate looking to pursue a career in Finance? Do you intend to complete your professional accountancy exams? If so, this position may be ideal for you. Working within a tight knitted finance team headed up by the Financial Controller, this team work together in providing finance assistance to all areas of the business. This is an environment that encourages growth and development, and will offer you to support you gain a successful career within the company. Role & Responsibilities : Posting of purchase invoices Working alongside the Aged Payables department to assist with the closing of the month end period Posting of the monthly bank transactions Monthly bank reconciliations Analysing all material variances relating to the profit and loss account Reconciliation of balance sheet items Assisting in the preparation and completion of the monthly management accounts Assisting in the preparation of company payroll Submission of monthly tax returns Assisting in the preparation of monthly VAT, VIES and Intrastat returns Assisting in the preparation of monthly cashflow statements to enable management to make important strategic decisions Assisting in the preparation of product costings to ensure that these are correctly reflected within the accounting software to assist accurate monthly reporting. Assisting the finance team members in liaising with external auditors/tax advisors, and assistance with yearend queries Assisting with ad-hoc tasks such project work, as and when required. Characteristics/Requirements: The characteristics that we require from a trainee accountant include the following: - Highly conscientious, dedicated, and hardworking with a good level of attention to detail. Good analytical skills as well as having the ability to present your finding. Willingness to learn from an experienced and supportive finance team and to develop your skillset. Good communication skills to work efficiently within a team. Good IT skills to adapt to the use of our accountancy software Microsoft Dynamics 365. Intention to participate and complete the accountancy body exams. Skills: Graduate, Trainee Accountant, Finance