Accounts Assistant Cashbook/Sales Ledger

Job Role: Accounts Assistant (Cashbook/Sales Ledger)

Salary: £13,500 – £16,000 dependant on experience

Location: Manchester

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Our client has an exciting opportunity for an Accounts Assistant (Cashbook/Sales Ledger) to join the team based in Manchester. The successful candidate will join them on a full time permanent basis and will receive a competitive salary of £13,500 – £16,000 dependant on experience.

Would you like to work for a business that represents many well-known and much loved beer, wine, spirit and soft drink brands? 

They provide licensed establishments with all of their bar and sundry supplies. They are more than just a distributor and at 24th place in the Sunday Times Track 100, they have become the fastest growing privately owned drinks company in Britain. Their aim is to provide the best customer service in the industry, as well as an impressive and extensive portfolio of products. Currently they employ over 500 people and they have 12 depots across the UK as well as a Support Centre and Hub distribution centre based in Openshaw, in Manchester.

Reporting to the Management Accountant, the Accounts Assistant (Cashbook/Sales Ledger) will be involved with Bank Reconciliations  / DD collections / International payments.  

Key Responsibilities of the Accounts Assistant (Cashbook/Sales Ledger)

– Bank reconciliations across all the bank accounts within the company, raising and resolving queries related to bank rec.

– Direct-Debit Run including processing D/D Mandates and Bounced D/D’s.

– Month end duties: Intercompany trading

– International payments and Foreign Currencies

– Ad hoc online payments

– Manage / Oversee all Daily Cashbook Activities

– Daily Cash Posting (Direct Receipts)

– Retro/Refund Payments via Bankline/Cheques

– Month End Auto-Cash-Posting Journals

– Contra Journals

– Bounced Cheques

– Transax Claims

– Issuing Paying-In Books to Depots.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience required Accounts Assistant (Cashbook/Sales Ledger)

– Ability to work on own initiative in a stand alone role

– Excellent data analytical skills

– Confident communicator with all levels of management within the company

– Extensive experience on having worked on bank reconciliations

– Foreign currency exchange rate forecast

– Advanced knowledge of working on excel spreadsheets

– Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)

– Working in a fast paced environment

– Excellent team working skills

– The ability to work to daily/weekly/monthly deadlines

– Experience of working on software packages

If you have an enthusiastic can do mentality and a willingness to challenge yourself in order to push your learning and progress your career as an Accounts Assistant (Cashbook/Sales Ledger) please click ‘Apply’ below.

No Agencies please, if you are an agency please respect their policy of no cold calling.