Senior Financial Accountant
FAST TRACK to Finance Manager within 6 - 12 months!
We Do Group are excited to be exclusively working with a Healthcare client as they build out and professionally grow their Finance team.
This is a brilliant position for someone who is looking to join the business as a Senior Financial Accountant and have a mapped out, transparent career path to Finance Manager within 6-12 months!
The Role:
Working closely with the Finance Director to prepare financial reports. The Senior Financial Accountant will be responsible for purchase invoices and sales control with the ability to provide accurate information on company income for the purposes of filing accounts, managing the debts of creditors, ensuring timely payments are made, processing incoming funds, reconciling invoices, resolving account queries and managing debt recovery.
Team Support:
Support and collaborate with the finance team, fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Fully accountable for the sales and purchase ledgers, from sales and purchase orders through to invoices and reconciliation. You will also provide an indispensable service to the finance team, underpinning the wider financial stability of the business through their robust processes and systems.
- The duties for purchase ledgers include matching and coding invoices, preparing, checking and running weekly BACS payments, reconciling supplier statements and bank statements.
- The duties for sales ledgers include getting funders information and coding invoices, processing and raising invoicing, reconciling remittances and bank statements.
- The Senior Financial Accountant work as part of the Finance Team with the scope of managing a small team and progressing to Finance Manager over the next 12-18 months.
Purchaser Ledger:
- Matching, checking and coding invoices.
- Making payments via BACS and cheques.
- Processing payments and invoices
- Setting up of new supplier accounts and maintaining existing account details.
- Reconciliation of supplier statements.
- Reconciliation of company's bank statements.
- Data entry
- Being first point of contact for all relevant enquiries.
- Maintaining strong relationships with customers and suppliers
- Reviewing systems and processes and making improvements where necessary
Sales Ledger:
Accountable for delivering an accurate trail of company income, responsibility for the variety of activities that can include:
- Daily usage of financial processes, enhancing and updating where needed.
- Management of sales ledger and bank reconciliations.
- Maintaining accounts, verifying and posting transactions.
- Balancing accounts on a day-to-day or week-to-week basis.
- Recording client assets and Sundries Accounts.
- Managing client invoices & payments.
- Preparing schedules, statements and reports as requested.
- Managing & filing relevant documentation.
- Taking a proactive role in managing and collecting debts of company debtors.
- Ensuring timely payment of debts.
- Checking and posting of receipts to accounting systems.
- Providing administrative support to the team.
The Candidate:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in Financial Accountant or Finance Manager role
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively present financial information.
- Solid team working skills with a high level of integrity and ethical standards.
- Ideally Knowledge of software packages such as SAGE 50.
- Demonstrable experience of financial reports.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Focused and diligent, with excellent attention to detail.
- Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Flexible and adaptable, with a willingness to learn and develop.
Salary:
£40,000 - £45,000 + Benefits