Accounts Assistant
£30,000, Outskirts of Knaresborough, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, Monday to Friday, early finish on Fridays, free food and on site events, social events, free on site parking, employee discount, training and progression available.
Due to internal changes we are currently looking for an experienced accounts assistant to join this small friendly finance team. You will work for a family run local business that is currently going through a busy period of growth. The main purpose of this accounts assistant role is to be responsible for the sales ledger journal and credit control management.
Accounts Assistant Responsibilities:
Input new customer account details
Produce sales invoices in a timely manner
Raise invoices and credit notes and code accurately
Produce monthly statements
Post receipts against sales ledger balances
Maintain accurate customer records, updating any overdue accounts
Deal with all sales ledger enquiries
Customer account reconciliation
Process customer credit applications
Manage the company's credit insurance
Update customer accounts and payments
Process various reports
Credit control - chasing over due payments Requirements for this role:
Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
A high level of customer service experience
Previous experience dealing with sales ledger, purchase ledger and credit control preferable
AAT qualifications would be a benefit but not essential
Good IT skills and competent with Microsoft Office & Teams
Good organisational and time management skills
Previous experience using SAP business one would be usefulThis accounts assistant role is a full time office based role, you will work 39 hours per week alongside a friendly team of people. You will work 08:00-16:30 Monday to Thursday and 08:00-15:30 Fridays. Some flexibility can be offered if you have school drop off or other commitments.
This role would suit someone who has worked as a sales ledger clerk, purchase ledger clerk, credit controller, accounts assistant, finance assistant or accounts administrator.
Due to the volume of applicants if we have not contacted you within 14 days you may not have been successful for this position but please feel free to give us a call to discuss similar roles.
Travail has been established since 1977 and has branches nationwide. Our Harrogate branch was opened in 1995 and has five specialist consultants who each deal with different market sectors.
Working closely with candidates from all market sectors we are confident in matching the right people for the right jobs.
Travail Employment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Thanks for your application. Due to the high level of responses we are currently receiving, whilst we endeavour to contact everyone, sometimes we are unable to. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days of making your application, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion