Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant

Maidstone Outskirts

Salary: £26,000 - £28,000

Full Time, permanent 9am – 5pm

Reports to – Financial Controller

The Accounts Assistant will provide excellent support to the Financial Controller helping to ensure accurate and efficient processing of financial transactions.

A very varied and busy role across the sales and purchase ledger; working with spreadsheets to manage and organise the data.

The role requires a confident self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills who can work effectively across all areas of the business, including with customers and suppliers.

This role requires a high attention to detail, accompanied by the ability to multi-task and manage day to day workload effectively.

Key Responsibilities

Purchase Ledger

• Processing purchase invoices and querying any discrepancies – both internally and externally in a timely and accurate manner
• Reconcile supplier statements to accounts system
• Resolving supplier queries and assisting with supplier payment runs

Sales Ledger

• Invoicing customers in a timely manner
• Resolving with queries with assistance from other departments
• Sending customer statements
• Raising of account receivable invoices/credit notes
• Uploading customer invoices via external software package

Credit Control

• Daily posting of incoming receipts
• Taking card payments
• Following up on outstanding balances to ensure prompt collections
• Ensuring all accounts are monitored and placed on hold where appropriate

• Maintain accurate ledgers – Sales and Purchase
• Assist with accounts adhoc duties as required and support the FC
• Manage accounts inboxes and answering any queries
• Manage any incoming post
• Maintain complete confidentiality with respect to all information regarding the business affairs of the company

Key Skills & Competencies

Sound knowledge of general accounting and processes

Confident using Excel

Strong attention to detail

Confident Communicator

Attention to detail

Excellent organisational skills

Based in Rural Maidstone - therefore we highly recommend that you have access to your own transport. 

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