Accounts Assistant
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What you'll do
- Processing and allocating cash receipts to customer accounts
- Completing bank reconciliations and investigating discrepancies
- Managing the sales ledger and ensuring accounts are accurate and up to date
- Supporting credit control, chasing overdue invoices and resolving customer queries
- Processing supplier invoices and preparing regular AP payment runs
- Reconciling supplier statements and resolving any differences
- Assisting with the preparation and submission of VAT returns
- Supporting month-end processes and the wider finance team as required
What they're looking for
- You’ll probably have worked in an accounts or finance role already and have a reasonable understanding of how a finance department works.
- You’ll need to be comfortable with numbers.
- Reasonably handy with Excel.
- The sort of person who notices when something doesn’t look right rather than assuming somebody else will sort it.
- Most importantly, you’ll be keen to learn.
Summarised by NextRaise from the employer’s description, which follows in full below.
Full description from employer
If you want a job where you’ll actually get to do more than one thing, this could be worth a look.
This is a broad role, you won’t spend five days a week doing nothing but processing invoices or chasing the same spreadsheet around.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴?
It’s a varied Accounts Assistant role, giving you exposure to several areas of the finance function rather than keeping you focused on just one.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Processing and allocating cash receipts to customer accounts
• Completing bank reconciliations and investigating discrepancies
• Managing the sales ledger and ensuring accounts are accurate and up to date
• Supporting credit control, chasing overdue invoices and resolving customer queries
• Processing supplier invoices and preparing regular AP payment runs
• Reconciling supplier statements and resolving any differences
• Assisting with the preparation and submission of VAT returns
• Supporting month-end processes and the wider finance team as required
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿?
You don’t need to be the finished article, you’ll probably have worked in an accounts or finance role already and have a reasonable understanding of how a finance department works.
Maybe you’re an Accounts Assistant who wants more variety, or perhaps you’ve spent most of your time in purchase ledger, sales ledger or credit control and you’re ready to broaden your experience.
Either way, you’ll need to be comfortable with numbers, reasonably handy with Excel and the sort of person who notices when something doesn’t look right rather than assuming somebody else will sort it.
Most importantly, you’ll be keen to learn.
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁?
You’ll get exposure to different areas of finance, work alongside people you can learn from and have the opportunity to take on more responsibility as you develop.
What else?
• An annual salary of up to £32k (depending on experience)
• Hybrid and flexible working
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Various employee benefits / retail discounts
So, if your current role has started to feel a bit repetitive or you’re simply ready for the next step, hit the apply button now.
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