Assistant Administrator
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- Location:
-
Ransomes Industrial Estate, Ipswich (IP3) jobs
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Company:
- PKF (UK) LLP
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 21/11/2009 12:05
- Job id:
- 45881518
- Contact:
- Mike Urey
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/PKF2055
PKF is one of the UK's leading firms of accountants and business advisers, which specialises in advising the management of developing private and public businesses.
We pride ourselves on creating and sustaining supportive relationships where objective and timely advice enables our clients to thrive and develop.
We have more than 1,500 partners and staff operating from 23 offices around the country; wherever our clients are based, we can offer local expertise backed up by the resources of a national firm.
The UK firm is a member of PKF International, a network of independent firms of accountants and business advisers with 430 offices in over 100 countries.
East Anglia
We are one of the regions leading firms with eight partners and more than 90 staff offering clients a range of services across a number of industry sectors. Our clients vary in size from start-ups to multinational groups. Our core business is with owner-managed and actively growing companies across a wide range of industries.
Corporate Recovery/ Insolvency
Our recovery specialists across the UK provide a comprehensive service ranging from advising major corporations on reconstruction to helping financially distressed individuals. Our clients include banks, financial institutions, professional advisers, companies, shareholders, directors, partnerships, creditors and individuals.
Key services include Corporate restructuring, negotiating with creditors, Administrations, Receiverships, Liquidations and seeking alternatives to insolvency.
We have a vibrant and highly professional department in Suffolk and are continually looking to expand and develop the department in Norfolk.
Purpose of the role:
To assist the Corporate Recovery & Insolvency team in the day to day administration and progression of the departmental caseload of
Members’ Voluntary Liquidations, Administrations, Insolvent
Liquidations and Bankruptcies.
Principal duties:
- Enter new cases on Insolvency Practitioners System and set up files
- Obtaining company searches and summarising statutory information
- Dealing with correspondence with shareholders, creditors and directors and statutory reporting
- Agreement of creditor claims
- Debt collection
- Preparation of trading information, receipts and payment accounts
- Resolve retention of title claims
- Liaising with cashiering department in Leicester
- Filing and case record management
- Case progression leading eventually to control of own small caseload
- Attend creditors’ meetings and report to clients
- Assistance as directed on investigations with responsibility for preparation of statement of affairs and supporting notes, and other areas such as commenting on accounting systems
- Report preparation
- Participate in marketing events
- Assisting the team with any administrative matters
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications:
- An accountancy qualification or experience in accounts preparation, forecasting and analytical review would be preferred.
- Good numeracy and literacy skills to at least GCSE Grade (B).
Experience / Skills:
- Attention to detail and accuracy is necessary.
- The successful candidate will have a confident manner with an enthusiastic approach and a strong desire to learn.
- Commercially aware.
- The ability to work either independently or as part of a team.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills including letter/ report writing and telephone skills.
- The candidate must have the ability to deal with a variety of cases in a methodical manner.
- Must be computer literate with experience of IT packages including MS Excel, Word.
- A flexible and adaptable approach is essential.
- Full Driving Licence.
Contacts: Office colleagues, insolvency staff from other offices, client directors and staff, solicitors, agents, bankers, credit contacts, debtors, creditors, potential purchasers.
