Accounts Assistant / Finance Administrator / Assistant Accountant

Job Title: Accounts Assistant

Location: Selby

Salary: £16,000 to £19,000 depending on experience

Hours: Full time role

Our client is a manufacturer of Cereal & Meat Free products in both the retail & business to business sectors is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Accounts Assistant. This is a new role within a small & busy accounting department due to the acquisition of a well known cereal brand. It is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate with the opportunity to develop & make the role their own. This will require the creation of strong relationships across the company’s functions as it is a varied role with exposure to all parts of the business & accounting functions.

Job Role:

The successful candidate will be processing sales orders, matching orders with both purchase & sales invoices, credit control & general administration duties.

Main responsibilities & duties include:

• Ensure the brand sales ledger is accurate & up to date.
• Maintain tight credit control of the brand.
• Ensure the brand purchase ledger is accurate & up to date.
• Produce the weekly payment run
• Assist with the monthly management accounts.
• Involvement with bank reconciliations, VAT returns, Intrastat & National Statistic returns.
• Assist with accounting duties for other parts of the business.
• Ensure all purchase order prices are correct & entered onto the SAP system.
• Code & process purchase invoices to the SAP system. This includes matching with delivery notes & purchase orders at the correct prices. Ensuring they are signed & returned by the authorising persons.
• Process sales invoices on the SAP system, ensuring, sales prices & quantities are correct. Resolve customer queries. Maintaining integrity of data between EDI & SAP systems, including regular reconciliations.
• Check statements against the purchase ledger & maintain the purchase invoice day book.
• On a monthly basis tidy up SAP ledgers. Involves requesting & matching credit notes & resolving unallocated items.
• Chasing payments & performing credit control duties.
• Provide holiday & sickness cover for other department members.

The Candidate:

You must be able to work on your own initiative with a hands on common sense approach to tasks. Work as part of a team & be able to clearly communicate issues & recommendations in a timely manner. Accuracy is essential along with the ability to work to tight deadlines. Experience of working with major retailers, EDI systems & SAP Business 1 or similar accounting packages would be an advantage.

You must have good communication skills & be able to deal with a wide variety of people at all levels. Have the ability to remain calm & professional at all times. Be accurate, with a good level of numeracy & able to pay close attention to detail.

Please click the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Accountant, Accounts Assistant, Assistant Management Accountant, Accounts Clerk, Bookkeeper, Credit Controller, Finance Assistant, Purchase Ledger, Management Accountant, Assistant Accountant, Management Accountancy, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, Credit Control, Foreign Exchange, Cash Flow Reporting, Sales Ledger Maintenance will also be considered for this role.