Assistant Accountant job vacancy
Job details
The closing date for applications is 23:59 on 13 April 2025. First stage interviews are due to take place on 22 April 2025, with final stage interviews scheduled for 25 April 2025.
| Salary | £31,824 per annum with pay progression up to £36,435 per annum within two years employment, plus excellent benefits |
| Location | Central London with flexible working |
| Hours | Full-time/35 hours per week |
| Contractual status | Permanent |
The Assistant Accountant is a crucial role that sits in our high performing finance team. In this varied role you will manage the supplier approvals and payments including our corporate travel account, customer invoicing processes end-to-end, and perform bank reconciliations and posting information to the accounting system. You will provide an excellent customer service, using your strong verbal and written communications skills to deal with day-to-day queries through the shared finance inbox. You will also deal with a range of essential reconciliations to support the Management Accountant and month end processes.
You will be collaborative, working alongside one other assistant accountant, ensuring all routine transactions and processes are completed in a timely and efficient manner. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to gain all-round experience in finance within fast paced environment.
What you’ll do:
- Have day-to-day responsibility for administering the accounting system to ensure that the user hierarchy is maintained, new users are set up appropriately and that rights for processing, reporting and workflow are assigned correctly.
- Attend promptly to colleagues’, members’, customers’ and suppliers’ queries.
- Process all invoices and expense claims from receipt to preparation for payment.
- Generate regular payment runs to agreed timetable modifying it as required to accommodate disruptions.
- Provide credit control to the business according to finance policies, actively engage with and enter in to and keep records of dialogue for all debtors.
- Ensure all bank reconciliations are performed in a time appropriate manner and to the RCR’s standards.
What you’ll need:
Experience of using a finance system, payment system and Microsoft applications, including experience of working in nominal, sales and purchase ledgers and cashbook.
Experience of working in a finance team in a similar role.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
An ability to multi task and work to tight deadlines.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Self-starter, confident to initiate and progress work, knowing when to consult or involve others.
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How to apply
To find out more about any of the vacancies advertised, please download the candidate pack for the post you are interested in. Complete the diversity monitoring form and send a CV and covering letter to [email protected] by the stated closing date, explaining concisely how you match the requirements of the role.
Alternatively, you can send your application by post to arrive by the closing date. Please address your application to:
HR Manager
The Royal College of Radiologists
63 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3JW
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