£28K/yr to £32K/yr
Teignbridge, England
Permanent, Variable

Accounts Assistant

Posted by Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited.

Your new company
Working for an award-winning manufacturing business in Exeter.

Your new role
You will undertake a mixture of accounting and credit control duties;

  • Maintain the accounts receivable ledger.
  • Daily allocation of receipts against customer accounts from customer remittances, receipts received on the bank statement and credit card receipts.
  • Resolving invoice queries minimising overdue balances on accounts.
  • Maintaining and reconciling accounts where customers have a self-billing arrangement.
  • Maintaining and reconciling pro-forma accounts.
  • Reconciling intercompany accounts.
  • Raising financial credit notes
  • Creating a monthly receipts forecast by week based on the month end aged debtors report and forecast sales by customer.
  • Updating the receipts forecast on a weekly basis for actual amounts received and actual ledger balances.
  • Chasing overdue debts
  • Reviewing customer credit limits and checking Experian reports.
  • Reporting UK Daily Sales
  • Posting direct debit payments, lease invoices and reconciling daily bank statements
  • Petty cash (GBP and currency) reconciliation and monthly journals

What you'll need to succeed
You must have credit control experience and be happy to grow into a broader accounting role. A desire to complete your AAT qualification would be a bonus.

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary.

What you need to do now

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