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• Company Accountant

Company Accountant

A small engineering company based in Heywood, requires a Company Accountant. The successful applicant should have knowledge of Sage software both from an accounts and payroll point of view and have the capability of creating monthly management accounts.

The position is part time, covering 25 hours per week. Salary is dependent on experience.

Double R Controls Ltd. is a small manufacturing company and has been established for 30 years. The company employs 35 people with a turnover between £2,500,000 and £3,000,000 per annum.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have recently had to dispense of our existing internal accountant and we are looking for a suitable replacement for this position.

The successful candidate must have knowledge of Sage software both from an accounts and payroll point of view. The position is part time, taking approximately 25 hours per week over 5 days. Salary is by negotiation depending on experience and suitability for the position.

1. Ensuring that the book-keeping system is completely up to date on Sage.
2. Liaising with Eileen and others in particular in relation to the purchase and sales ledgers to ensure completeness of postings.
3. Regular reconciliation of all bank accounts and liaison with the director and the bank.
4. Managing the nominal ledger of each company.
5. Dealing with accruals, prepayments etc.
6. Managing the payroll ensuring the correctness of payroll records, correct payment of employee wages and completion of PAYE returns.
7. Producing monthly management accounts for the director.
8. Managing the posting of job costing amounts for purchase records and payroll records to ensure correct job costing totals.
9. Managing the invoicing and receipts for customer payments on account/stage payments in relation to the machines under construction.
10. Managing the Sage records and running the period end procedures, making sure adequate backups have been taken.
11. Dealing with periodic grant applications and documentation.
12. Dealing with periodic VAT returns.
13. Dealing with periodic statutory information and Government departments.
14. Dealing with the company's statutory annual return forms for the Registrar of Companies.
15. Liaise with the company's external accountants regarding the information necessary to complete the company's year-end financial statements.

Please send your C.V. providing past experience, marked confidential, for the attention of the Managing Director, Mr. Neal Rothwell, email address careers@drc.co.uk, or by post.