Accounts Assistant
Salary: £30,000k
Location: Stretford
Benefits: Hybrid working, progression opportunities, down to earth environment, free parking, company pension, flexible hours.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and enthusiastic Accounts Assistant to join a growing manufacturing company based in Stretford.
The successful candidate will have the chance to work within a forward-thinking business that operates on a global platform. This role provides the opportunity to manage Debtors Ledgers proactively, ensuring prompt payment and minimising bad debt. This role is perfect for an ambitious individual looking for their next step in their career.
- Competitive salary of £30,000k
- Opportunity to work within a globally operating company
- Chance to manage Debtors Ledgers proactively
What you'll do:
As an Accounts Assistant, you will play a crucial role in managing the Debtors Ledgers, ensuring prompt payments and minimising bad debts. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include allocating daily cash receipts across various bank accounts, chasing aged debts, organising sales ledger data using Excel, dealing with customer queries, liaising with internal contacts to resolve any disputes or issues, producing regular reports for the Finance Director, completing month-end ledger reconciliations, and working closely with the Finance Director to develop credit control procedures. This role requires excellent organisational skills, a proactive approach, and a strong understanding of how the credit control function impacts company cash flow, customer relationships, and future sales.
- Oversee and manage the Debtors Ledgers to ensure prompt payment and minimise bad debt.
- Allocate daily cash receipts across multiple bank accounts and debtors ledgers.
- Chase payment for aged debt according to company policy.
- Use Excel to organise sales ledger data and produce prioritised debt chasing schedule.
- Deal with customer queries quickly and efficiently.
- Liaise with internal contacts to resolve customer disputes or account issues.
- Produce weekly/monthly excel based reports and KPIs for presentation to the Finance Director.
- Complete month-end ledger reconciliations.
- Work with the Finance Director to develop credit control procedures and policy.
What you bring:
The ideal Accounts Assistant will bring a wealth of experience in Sales Ledger maintenance and administration. You will have proven experience in Month End Ledger Reconciliations and Invoice Discounting, with the ability to work across multiple ledgers. Your strong Excel skills will enable you to manipulate large amounts of data effectively. You will have a deep understanding of how the credit control function impacts on company cash flow, customer relationships, and future sales. Your excellent organisational skills will allow you to prioritise your workload effectively, and your outstanding communication skills will enable you to liaise at all levels.
- Experience in all aspects of Sales Ledger maintenance and administration.
- Experience in Month End Ledger Reconciliations.
- Experience of Invoice Discounting and working across multiple ledgers.
- Good Excel skills with ability to manipulate large amounts of data.
- Understanding of how the credit control function impacts on company cash flow, customer relationships and future sales.
- Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to liaise at all levels.
Don't tick every box?
We encourage candidates to push themselves and to go for it! Whilst you might not meet all the criteria we're looking for, there are plenty of opportunities to develop yourself.
We also have additional vacancies like this one at a more junior and senior level, if you're not suitable for this position, we might have others that you'd like to hear about! Nothing ventured is nothing gained.
For immediate consideration please submit an updated CV to this advert, the client is happy to wait if the right person has a notice period.
What's next:
Candidates who are successfully shortlisted will be invited to a registration ahead of submitting your CV to the client. We will have a good chat regarding your career and how we can help.
The interview stage is flexible to your needs and will likely be 1 stage. We're happy to facilitate out of hours too!
Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates