Our client is currently looking for an experienced Finance Assistant. In this role you will be responsible for Purchase invoices across the business. Preparation of weekly payment runs and responsibility for reconciling supplier and customer ledger. Supporting the existing Finance Team in transactional processing to meet weekly and month end accounts deadlines. Producing monthly and weekly reports for internal circulation.
Key Responsibilities:
Supporting all aspects of purchase ledger, including nominal ledger coding, verifying purchase prices against contracts, uploading into Sage 50 Accounts via Excel and producing weekly payment runs
Reviewing aged creditor and debtor reports to ensure ledgers are well maintained
Matching of delivery notes and purchase orders to invoices
Sales ledger processing, including importing customer produced sales invoices into an in-house system and uploading into Sage 50 Accounts, verifying pricing against sales contracts
Setting up new supplier and customer accounts
Reconciling supplier and customer accounts to third party statements and resolving queries
Maintaining monthly costing reports and circulating internally for review
Creating online bank payments and processing in Sage
Daily bank reconciliations
Processing of routine month end accounts preparation journals
Supporting the Finance Team in generating management invoices using a custom-built software and data transfer to Sage
Working on your own initiative to prioritise workload to meet deadlines
Ad-hoc tasks to assist with accounts preparation and day to day running of the finance function across the Group
Key Skills and Abilities:
Relevant experience in a similar accounts role
A good standard of education (GCSE’s, including Maths and English grade C or above or equivalent)
Microsoft Excel skills, including use of data filters, pivot tables
Experience of accounting software packages (preferably Sage 50 Accounts)
Self-motivated
Excellent attention to detail and an orderly approach to processing
Time management skills
Strong reconciliation and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external customers/suppliers
Excellent organisational skills
Completed or following a recognised accounting qualification or qualified by experience
Hours of Work:
A 40-hour week, Monday to Friday - normal office hours with degree of flexibility
In return you’ll receive:
Online benefits hub provided by Bravo Smart Hive
Free on-site parking
Company pension
Free parking
Health & wellbeing programme
On-site parking
Referral programme
Store discount