Accounts Processing Assistant

Jackie Wilsher Staff Service ,
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Salary: £25,000 per annum

Overview

Accounts Processing Assistant Milton Keynes Join this friendly and busy company. Ideally they require someone to join on a FTC for 3 months with a view to a permanent role on succesfully completing this trial period. Must have own transport. Purpose of Position: To work as part of the accounts processing team, providing proactive assistance and support with all accounting processes, including the reconciliation of accounts, payment processing and accounting administration. Personal Qualities required Good Communication skills Customer Focus Performance Driven Organising & Planning Teamwork Skills and technical knowledge Working knowledge of purchase ledger, sales ledger and nominal ledger processes and systems Good excel skills. Attention to detail Analytical skills Tasks & Responsibilities: Cashbooks - Download statements from Bankline on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. Correctly code all entries and post to the ledgers. Report on the ledger balance showing the breakdown of all reconciling items. Receipts - On a daily basis post all receipts to the ledgers and prepare manual banking when received. Reconciling - Complete weekly/monthly control accounts and balance sheet reconciliations. Follow up on errors and differences with investigation and report findings to the line manager. Purchase Ledger - Register and process supplier invoices checking key data is correct. Contact suppliers with any errors found and make the necessary corrections. Reconcile Supplier Statements and take the appropriate action for any discrepancies found. Intercompany - To assist with the preparation and processing of recharges including raising invoices between entities. Administer intercompany transactions and reconciliations. Prepare and post journals as required. Payments - Process payment runs for Suppliers, raise ad-hoc payments on bankline including inter-entity payments Sales Ledger - Post monies received to the customer accounts. Raise invoices and journals as requested, compile weekly/monthly debtors reports for the businesses. Follow up on debtors on a regular basis. Income Posting - Process daily sales income for the businesses, resolving queries and discrepancies. To prepare and process rent runs. To process tenant and other income, maintaining direct debit information and process direct debit collections. To assist with KPI and weekly reporting as required. Petty cash - Raise payments to the businesses to replenish their petty cash floats. Validate and journal all petty cash receipts before posting to the ledger. General Duties - Assist with general duties of the office such as opening the post, stationery ordering, general filing and archiving duties. To provide ad-hoc financial analysis as required by businesses. To ensure account queries are resolved promptly in a professional manner. Assist with development and documentation of the financial processes, procedures and controls within the department. To assist with project work, as required. To comply with any reasonable requests issued by managers of the Finance Team. To attend training courses which are identified as being necessary for the performance of the role. If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then please apply now. Please note that vacancies may sometimes be withdrawn prior to the closing date if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment. Please note: Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted at this time. If you do not hear back from us within five working days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application. Please continue to visit the website for other opportunities. If our consultants feel your CV is relevant to another position we have available we will be in touch.