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Junior Accounts Assistant Recruitment

A Junior Accounts Assistant is an important part of any successful business. The role typically involves providing assistance with the preparation of a business's financial statements and its budgets, just to name a few. You will be joining a dedicated group of professionals whose responsibility it is to maintain order of the company's finances. With any good job, quality and competency are a must as well as a person who is able to work efficiently with an attention to detail. Careful documentation and planning will allow the company to advance and make the correct decisions, achieving long-term success.

Key responsibilities of a Junior Accounts Assistant

A typical Junior Accounts Assistant is responsible for a number of different roles, including but not limited to:

• Keeping track of daily communications and responding to any questions
• Working with spreadsheets, notebooks, sales, and purchase ledgers
• Cash transactions, documentation, and filing
• Confirming that payments, sums, and records are accurate
• Calculating payroll taxes
• Processing and submission of invoices
• Clarifying expense applications for the accountant's approval
• Balancing of the accounts
• Communicating with clients, suppliers, and third-party service providers
• Updating and maintaining the documentation of procedures
• Assembling/ submitting weekly and monthly reports

Important Skills for a Junior Accounts Assistant

• Previous experience/ learning as an accountant
• Attention to detail
• Superb organisational skills
• Excellent communication abilities
• Ability to work well with others in the workplace
• Competent with calculations and analytical acumen
• Well-versed in all aspects of accounting and monetary practices
• High level of familiarity with Microsoft office suite
• Qualifications are not required but are definitely a plus: (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• BSc/Ba in finance or accounting

Roles We Cover Include...

Finance Director, Financial Controller, Finance Business Partner, Finance Manager, Financial Accountant, FP&A Analyst, Bookkeeper/Assistant Accountant, Part Qual/Finalist, Management Accountant, Payroll, Systems Accountant, Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger/Credit Control, Accounts Assistant and Accounts Trainee/Admin.

JMF Associates and Junior Accounts Assistant Recruitment

When it comes to recruitment for accounting positions, we at JMF Associates are the ones you can count on. We specialise in good recruitment, connecting qualified professionals with the businesses that need them. Whether employer or employee, we will find the right candidate or job you wish because we aren’t satisfied till you are. Stop searching for jobs and let us do the work; just call +44 (0)20 8663 6699 or email team@jmfassociates.co.uk and brace yourself for success.