Assistant Accountant Placement

by Institution of Civil Engineers

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Deadline: 22nd March 2019
Salary: £18,000
Length: Placement (10 Months+)
Roles: Accounting
Location: London
City: Westminster, London

Assistant Accountant Placement

We have two roles supporting the ICE Group within the Finance function. The successful candidates will rotate between two roles spending six months in each.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Role 1 (six months)

  • Managing ICE cash flow; credit control (chasing debt & raising invoices) cashiering (allocating receipts and reconciling bank accounts)
  • All accounting functions to support a minor entity.

Role 2 (six months)

  • Responsible for intra Group accounting, balance sheet reconciliation, producing reports on cost or profits/analysis of data, loading budgets & forecasts and general back up to the Group Finance Team ensuring targets are met.

Role 1 (six months)

  • Cashiering –downloading and posting bank receipts, allocating customer payments to invoices, reconciling bank accounts
  • Credit control –chasing debt from your section of the Sales Ledger
  • Society accountant –responsible for all accounting functions for a small entity including producing monthly accounts, trial balance and statutory accounts
  • Any other reasonable task

Role 2 (six months)

  • Support month end tasks including; assisting with royalty calculations, processing and reconciling intra-group accounts, balance sheet reconciliations to meet the department deadlines, ad hoc reports
  • Produce management accounts for specific departments within the group
  • Any other reasonable task

What are we looking for?

  • Confident user of Excel, basic Word skills, basic database knowledge and the capability to understand financial systems is essential.
  • Knowledge of double entry bookkeeping principles is desirable.
  • Good time management skills and workload prioritisation are essential in order to meet deadlines
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Accurate worker who pays attention to detail and is able to communicate at all levels
  • Team player

If you think you have what we are looking for, please submit your CV and cover letter outlining your skills, experience and why you are the best candidate for this role.

NOTE: You will need to upload the CV and cover letter as one document.

About Institution of Civil Engineers

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is the charitable Body to the Civil Engineering sector, recognised nationally and internationally, enabling professional qualification and development whilst promoting and maintaining standards and ethics; providers of expert knowledge, educational support, welfare for members, professional advice, research and opinion; venue host for onsite conferences and other events; publishers; providers of specialist engineering contracts; training, consultancy and recruitment services; creators of specialist written material, benefactors, property owners, landowners and landlords.

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