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Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant (KHCastle) Scarborough, England

Salary: Competitive

Accounts Assistant for Castle Employment Agency Ltd

Castle Employment is an award winning recruitment company with our Head Office in Scarborough. With over 50 years of experience we provide temporary, permanent and contract staff for businesses throughout Yorkshire and the UK. We also offer Castle HR and Employment Law consultancy.

Due to rapid expansion we are seeking to add an Accounts Assistant role to our busy finance and payroll department.

Key Function

Working directly for the Finance Manager this role will provide a comprehensive financial service to all internal and external customers of Castle including a weekly payroll for over 500 employees. It is imperative that all statutory and legislative finance/payroll requirements are completed in timely and appropriate manners. Both customer and employee interaction is required by both telephone and email.

 

Typical Activities/Responsibilities

The typical activities and responsibilities of this role will be:

 

Purchase ledger

Sales ledger

Bank reconciliation

Aged debt

Petty cash

Journal entries/wages journal

P32

VAT returns

EIP submissions

Jobs board advertising and costings

Monthly expenses

 

 

Timesheet processing/entry of hours

Weekly timesheet payroll

Monthly internal payroll

P46, P45, HMRC code notices

HMRC tax code notices

Payroll submissions

Dealing with pay related queries

Auto Enrolment/RTI submissions

Payroll attachment orders

Candidate holidays

Staff pensions

 

Skills/Experience/Character Traits

The successful candidate will ideally:- 

  • have obtained or be working towards a AAT Level 4
  • have previous payroll knowledge
  • be willing to work closely within our small, growing team
  • have an aptitude for figures
  • be competent in the use of Microsoft Excel
  • have knowledge of Sage Line 50
  • be able to work well under his/her own initiative
  • be accurate and proficient in all tasks
  • be able to communicate efficiently with candidates and our suppliers/customers as necessary
  • be capable of meeting strict time deadlines

 

Benefits & Salary

Salary

Pension

Holidays

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