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What a transport accountant
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Manage accounts receivable and payable processes
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Manage accounts receivable and payable processes+
Close out this week’s customer invoices and supplier bills, apply receipts to outstanding transport invoices, clear any unapplied payments over 30 days, and send aged receivables and payables reports to Lucy in credit control by Friday midday with notes on high-risk accounts.
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Prepare and post journal entries for various accounts+
Prepare and post the weekly journal batch for fuel, depreciation and intercompany recharges, include supporting schedules showing cost centre allocations, get Sam in operations to OK the intercompany lines, then post by Thursday close.
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Compile and analyze financial data for reports+
Compile month-to-date transport revenue, fuel spend and maintenance costs into a single report that recalculates when figures update, flag variances over 5% against budget, and circulate to Claire in finance and Tom in operations by Monday morning.
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Perform balance sheet reconciliations+
Reconcile the balance sheet control accounts for fuel, payroll and prepayments to supporting schedules, identify uncleared items over 60 days, prepare adjusting entries and submit the completed reconciliations to Hannah for review by Wednesday afternoon.
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Support month-end and ad hoc financial activities+
Support month-end close by preparing accruals, reviewing prepaid expenses and variances, compile a close checklist with outstanding actions, and be available for ad hoc queries from the finance director between the 1st and 3rd.
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Research and resolve accounting discrepancies+
Investigate the £12,450 difference on account 4020 between the payments ledger and bank feed, trace the originating invoices and credits, correct any mis-posted entries, and email a reconciliation summary with proposed adjusting entries to Raj by end of day.
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3 tasksMicrosoft Excelaggregates and models financial data, performs variance calculations and creates updateable reportsOpen its task library →
2 tasksSAPprovides ledger drill-downs, audit trails and posting tools to trace and correct accounting discrepancies
1 taskXerohandles invoicing, receipts, payment matching and aged reports for AR/AP workflows
1 taskMYOBcreates and posts journal batches with supporting schedules and cost centre allocations
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You’ll split time between data entry, reconciliations, and reporting. In the morning you might post journal entries for fuel, freight income, and vehicle depreciation in Xero or MYOB.

Afternoons often mean running accounts payable (supplier invoices) and accounts receivable (customer invoices), matching payments in Microsoft Excel, and answering drivers or depot managers about billing or short payments.

Smaller fleets typically use Xero or MYOB for day-to-day invoices and bank feeds. You’ll enter bills, raise customer invoices, and run supplier reconciliations there.

Larger operators use SAP for central finance tasks and month-end consolidations. Excel is used everywhere: pivot tables, payment runs, variance analysis and lists to upload into Xero/MYOB or SAP.

Identify the transaction (fuel, service, insurance), code it to the correct ledger in Xero, MYOB or SAP, and enter the date, amount, and GST/VAT if applicable. Keep the supplier invoice or fuel card report as backup.

At month-end you’ll adjust accruals and depreciation with journal entries: record the fuel accrual or vehicle depreciation amount, post it, and note the supporting Excel calculation used for audit trail.

Yes, but only for non-sensitive tasks like summarising an Excel reconciliation or suggesting formula fixes. Don’t paste bank account numbers, full invoices, or personal data into public AI tools.

Use AI to draft report text, clean up CSV imports, or suggest Excel formulas; then check results against Xero/MYOB or SAP records and keep the original evidence for audits.

A small transport office might process 200–800 invoices a month; larger depots or a trunk-haul business could see several thousand. Expect daily batches of supplier bills and customer invoices to match to bank payments.

Month-end tasks include running balance sheet reconciliations for cash, creditors and debtors, posting 10–30 journal entries for accruals, and preparing several Excel reports for management or SAP upload.

If you know Xero or MYOB and can run Excel pivot tables, you’re close. Start by learning to post journals, do supplier reconciliations and run aged receivables reports for customers.

Studying a basic accounting certificate or AAT modules on bookkeeping and reconciliation helps. Volunteering to handle month-end tasks at your current job gives direct experience employers look for.

A Transport or Fleet Accountant focuses on day-to-day accounting: AP/AR, journal entries, reconciliations, and monthly reports specifically for transport costs and assets (vehicles, trailers).

A Finance Manager has wider duties: budgeting, cash forecasting, and strategic financial decisions. They may supervise accountants and use SAP for consolidated reporting, while you handle the detailed posting and reconciliations.