Overview:
We are looking for a keen, hardworking, attention to detail Accounts Assistant who is looking for a varied role within the Finance Department.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful global manufacturing company, which supplies product worldwide.
Qualifications:
- Experience working within Finance department
- Previous credit control experience ideal
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of Sage and excel is preferable but full training will be given
Benefits available with this role:
25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays- Company Pension
- Company sick pay (increasing with years of service)
- Company bonus scheme
- Long service awards
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to work scheme
Hours of work: 08.30 - 17.00 Mon - Fri with some flexibility.
This is a full time role but the option to job share the position, would be considered.
Salary: £25k dependant on experience.
Responsibilities:
The main responsibilities of the Accounts Assistant is to maintain the day-to-day transactions of credit control and purchase ledger functions.
Credit Control
- Posting cash receipts daily
- Daily invoicing to customers
- Credit stopped order management
- Chase customers for overdue payments, raise any concerns over aged debt
- Checking of new customer account set-up and adding credit limits
- Dealing with customer queries
- Running credit reports
- Month end duties to include rolling the sales ledger and producing month end reports
Purchase Ledger
- Processing of supplier invoices
- Sending out service code invoices for approval
- Setting up and verifying of new supplier accounts
- Dealing with supplier queries / statement reconciliations
- Processing of expense claims
- Credit card reconciliations and posting of statements
- Month end duties to include rolling of the purchase ledger and producing month end reports
General Admin
- General admin duties
- Answering phones / dealing with visitors / incoming post
- Ordering of stationary and ad hoc orders
- Analysis/project work, when required