Accounts Assistant

Description

Accounts Assistant

Marden area

Salary: £26,000 - £28,000

Full Time, permanent 9am – 5pm

Reports to – Financial Controller

The Accounts Assistant will provide excellent support to the Financial Controller helping to ensure accurate and efficient processing of financial transactions.

A very varied and busy role across the sales and purchase ledger; working with spreadsheets to manage and organise the data.

The role requires a confident self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills who can work effectively across all areas of the business, including with customers and suppliers.

This role requires a high attention to detail, accompanied by the ability to multi-task and manage day to day workload effectively.

Key Responsibilities

Purchase Ledger

* Processing purchase invoices and querying any discrepancies – both internally and externally in a timely and accurate manner

* Reconcile supplier statements to accounts system

* Resolving supplier queries and assisting with supplier payment runs

Sales Ledger

* Invoicing customers in a timely manner

* Resolving with queries with assistance from other departments

* Sending customer statements

* Raising of account receivable invoices/credit notes

* Uploading customer invoices via external software package

Credit Control

* Daily posting of incoming receipts

* Taking card payments

* Following up on outstanding balances to ensure prompt collections

* Ensuring all accounts are monitored and placed on hold where appropriate

* Maintain accurate ledgers – Sales and Purchase

* Assist with accounts adhoc duties as required and support the FC

* Manage accounts inboxes and answering any queries

* Manage any incoming post

* Maintain complete confidentiality with respect to all information regarding the business affairs of the company

Key Skills & Competencies

Sound knowledge of general accounting and processes

Confident using Excel

Strong attention to detail

Confident Communicator

Attention to detail

Excellent organisational skills

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We are pleased to receive a significant number of applications for most roles advertised. We are therefore unable to respond to individual applicants unless shortlisted. If you have not been contacted within four weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

Interpersonnel is an equal opportunities employer. All our current vacancies are on our website – search “Interpersonnel UK Ltd

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