1. Finance Assistant - Warrington
2. Permanent Role - From £27k
About Our Client
Our client is a well established manufacturing business in Warrington who has been in business for over 20 years. Due to an internal promotion are seeking to bring someone new into the team to start them on their finance journey. Working in a small team and reporting into the finance supervisor.
Job Description
3. Manage customer accounts proactively via telephone and email.
4. Build strong relationships with our customers using excellent communication skills.
5. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve queries on customer accounts.
6. Identify cash receipts for customer accounts and match these with remittance advice.
7. Log queries and work with the Billing Department team members to seek resolutions.
8. Work towards set targets and provide accurate updates on customer accounts.
9. Prepare accurate forecasts to report how you will achieve weekly/monthly collection targets.
10. Take the lead on proactively resolving all invoice queries.
11. Adopt a continuous improvement approach and identify opportunities for improvement.
12. Demonstrate professional behaviours and maintain good working relationships with all internal and external customers.
13. Actively seek to take ownership and drive your own development.
14. Complete any ad-hoc duties requested by the Financial Controller.
The Successful Applicant
15. "Can Do" Attitude
16. Literate and Numerate
17. Working experience of Microsoft Office (Word / Excel and Outlook)
18. Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.
19. Proactive approach to problem solving.
20. Excellent communication and negotiating skills.
21. Good planning and organisational skills.
22. Ability to work to KPIs and targets and under own initiative
What's on Offer
23. Permanent full time position
24. Training provided from day one
25. Study support towards AAT, CIMA, ACCA, CICM
26. Flexible start and finish times
27. Sociable setting - quarterly events, summer races, Christmas party, meals out
28. Free parking on site
29. Early finish Friday