Our client is currently looking for an experienced Accounts Assistant. In this role you will be responsible for Purchase invoices across the business. Preparation of weekly payment runs and responsibility for reconciling supplier and customer ledger. Supporting the existing Finance Team in transactional processing to meet weekly and month end accounts deadlines. Producing monthly and weekly reports for internal circulation. On offer is a salary of up to £29,000 plus a company benefits package.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Supporting all aspects of purchase ledger, including nominal ledger coding, verifying purchase prices against contracts, uploading into Sage 50 Accounts via Excel and producing weekly payment runs
2. Reviewing aged creditor and debtor reports to ensure ledgers are well maintained
3. Matching of delivery notes and purchase orders to invoices
4. Sales ledger processing, including importing customer produced sales invoices into an in-house system and uploading into Sage 50 Accounts, verifying pricing against sales contracts
5. Setting up new supplier and customer accounts
6. Reconciling supplier and customer accounts to third party statements and resolving queries
7. Maintaining monthly costing reports and circulating internally for review
8. Creating online bank payments and processing in Sage
9. Daily bank reconciliations
10. Processing of routine month end accounts preparation journals
11. Supporting the Finance Team in generating management invoices using a custom-built software and data transfer to Sage
12. Working on your own initiative to prioritise workload to meet deadlines
13. Ad-hoc tasks to assist with accounts preparation and day to day running of the finance function across the Group
Key Skills and Abilities:
14. Relevant experience in a similar accounts role
15. A good standard of education (GCSE’s, including Maths and English grade C or above or equivalent)
16. Microsoft Excel skills, including use of data filters, pivot tables
17. Experience of accounting software packages (preferably Sage 50 Accounts)
18. Self-motivated
19. Excellent attention to detail and an orderly approach to processing
20. Time management skills
21. Strong reconciliation and problem-solving skills
22. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external customers/suppliers
23. Excellent organisational skills
24. Completed or following a recognised accounting qualification or qualified by experience
This fantastic opportunity is easily commutable from Malton, Kirkbymoorside, Helmsley, York, Thirsk, Easingwold, Pickering and surrounding areas. The office has on-site parking and due to the remote location, you will need to drive and have access to your own transport.
Hours of Work:
A 40-hour week, Monday to Friday - normal office hours with degree of flexibility
In return you’ll receive:
25. Online benefits hub provided by Bravo Smart Hive
26. Free on-site parking
27. Company pension
28. Free parking
29. Health & wellbeing programme
30. On-site parking
31. Referral programme
32. Store discount