KCR Solutions are delighted to be working with this manufacturing/construction company based on the outskirts of Morpeth, in their search for a Finance Assistant. The purpose of the role is to provide support to the daily and routine activity of the Group finance function. Responsibilities will be split and varied between the various Group companies
**Due to location, you will need to be a driver with access to a car**
The role is office based
Hours 9am to 5pm
22 days holiday + statutory bank holidays
Main duties will include:-
General Accounts
- Management, posting and reconciliation of employee expenses and credit cards
- Posting and reconciling daily group companies bank accounts (currently 8 bank accounts and 3 factoring accounts.
- Production of variety of internal reports for further analysis
- Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts to support the timely completion of the monthly management information packs
Sales Ledger/Purchase Ledger
- Reconcile internal sales ledgers to factoring company ledgers and investigate any discrepancies
- Cash allocation
- Credit control support
- Retention reconciliation and other collection support
- Electronic point of sales reporting/reconciliation/posting
- Set up customer accounts
- Processing supplier invoices including matching and agreements to PO and goods receipts
- Seeking authorisation of any non-related expenditure
- Supplier statement reconciliations
- Set up supplier accounts
- Dealing externally and internally with any invoice disputes
Person Specification
Minimum of 3 years' experience working in a fast paced environment
Ideally will hold a suitable accountancy / bookkeeping qualification -ie AAT
Experience of SAGE 50 Accounts preferred
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Outlook and Excel.
Data analysis using pivot tables and Vlookups would be advantageous.
Have excellent analytical and numerical skills