Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant

Location: Near Gatwick, walking distance from station + parking available

Salary: £19,000 – £20,000

Benefits: Parking, Pension, Health + more!

A superb opportunity has arisen for a Graduate to join the Finance team of this highly established and growing company.

This is a junior role that would be an ideal opportunity for someone who is looking to start their accounting career or someone with 6-12 months experience that has worked in an Sales or Purchase Ledger, Accounts Assistant or Accounts Receivable role, or if you have experience in Credit Control or as a Credit Controller please feel free to also apply. This promises to be a busy and varied job with excellent job prospects due to anticipated company growth.

Ideally you would already be studying towards your AAT, ACCA or CIMA qualification but this is not essential.

Your main job purpose will be to provide a high quality credit control and purchase ledger function and some assistance in sales ledger to ensure all relevant key performance indicators are followed.

Key Duties:

• Manage the outstanding sales balances falling due.
• Contact customers at the earliest possible stage by telephone, email and/or letter as appropriate as balances become overdue to confirm and obtain prompt payment of invoices.
• Send reminder letters in accordance with the prevailing credit control procedures.
• Maintain accurate and up to date record of chasing activity.
• Prepare and check the receivables report on a weekly basis
• Processing supplier invoices ensuring accurate accounting entries
• Preparing monthly payment runs
• Supplier reconciliations
• Processing expenses
• Generate sales invoices based on the backing data produced by other departments
• Undertake thorough customer reconciliations to identify and immediately rectify any discrepancies

Skills and experience required:

• Relevant sales ledger or purchase ledger or credit control experience.
• Ideally studying towards AAT, ACCA or CIMA qualifications.
• Enthusiastic ‘can do’ attitude with a strong attention to detail
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Intermediate knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Knowledge of Access would be a strong advantage.

Interviews happening soon so please apply immediately!

Key Words: Sales Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Assistant, Accounts, Finance, Credit Control, Credit Controller, Purchase Ledger, AAT, ACCA, CIMA, Finance Assistant, Bookkeeping, Payroll, Graduate

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