Accounts Assistant

Position: Accounts AssistantPlace: Standish - 100% office based Work Days: Monday to FridayWork Hours: 8:30 to 16:30 Holidays: 24 days Annual Leave + 8 days Bank HolidaysSalary: 26k to 28,000 per annum depending on experience and skills Overview:This is an excellent opportunity to join our clients friendly and experienced team in Standish. As a Finance Assistant in a small team, you will play a crucial role in accurately processing the transactions of the company, supporting your team and other colleagues within the business. You will be keen to embrace the companies values, learn new skills, understand how the business you are involved with operate and proactively contribute to improving processes and procedures. Key Responsibilities:1. Sales Ledger and Credit Control:Process payments on the relevant Sales Ledger account from the previous day''s Bank Statement. Ensure Customer payments received are allocated correctly.Respond to Customer Account queries in a timely fashion and collaborate with other departments or escalate to an appropriate Manager if requiredSend Statements and chase overdue Customer Debtor balances each week and collaborate or escalate as required to ensure payment is received as soon as possible after becoming due.Attend weekly Aged Debtors meeting for each Company you are involved with, update the follow-up actions and carry them out during the week2. Purchase Ledger:Obtain approval and the nominal code for each Supplier Invoice and process it on to ..... full job details .....