Astute Recruitment are working exclusively with a global business, based in Ilkeston, looking to recruit an Accounts Assistant to join their finance department on a full-time, permanent basis.
Job Responsibilities:
Accounts Payable (AP):
- Ensure payments, amounts, and records are accurate
- Manage the cashbook and petty cash
- Oversee credit control and debt collection
- Print and distribute customer statements
- Address queries and reconcile customer accounts as necessary
- Process invoices, including matching, coding, and filing
- Reconcile delivery notes and supplier statements with invoices and orders
- Raise and post month-end journal entries
- Liaise with third-party providers, clients, and suppliers
- Maintain and update procedural documentation
- Reconcile supplier statements, set up new supplier accounts, and maintain existing account details
Accounts Receivable (AR):
- Post cash transactions
- Reconcile daily banking
- Prepare weekly reports
- Send copy invoices/statements as requested by customers
- Run the stop list throughout the day and contact customers for payment to release orders
- Maintain existing customer accounts and set up new ones
- Conduct credit checks on new and existing customers, reviewing their credit limits
- Handle insolvency cases, complete proof of debt forms, and liaising with insolvency practitioners to retrieve stock/equipment
- Submit overdue accounts to money claim online when necessary
- Maintain the bad debt list and write-offs
- Issue final demands for overdue accounts
Profile & Key Skills:
- Team player with the ability to follow directions accurately
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficient IT skills, especially in spreadsheet software
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Well-organised, ensuring work is easily understood by others
- Trustworthy and discreet when handling confidential information
- Strong administrative skills
The Ideal Candidate:
- Experience of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Experience of Microsoft Office, specifically MS Excel to intermediate level
- Experience with accounting/financial software packages, i.e.: SAGE, SAP (this is desirable although training will be given)
Hybrid working - 3 days in office/2 from home (first 3 months in office). 25 + 8 days holiday + 1 extra day for every 5 years of service up to a max of 30 + 8 days holiday. £24,000 - £25,000.