Accounts Assistant

Clark Recruitment Consultants ,
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £25,000 per annum

Overview

My Client is seeking an experienced accounts assistant with accounts payable, accounts receivable and credit control experience. Experience in dealing with purchase orders and stock would be advantageous. Experience with Mamut, Sage, Xero would be beneficial. Purpose: Responsible for assisting the Accountant with Credit Control, Finance Administration and ensuring the required debtor day period is maintained. Reporting to the Accountant, Responsibilities will be: Creating purchase orders Processing purchase ledger invoices Reconciling supplier statements Sales invoicing - ensure that all sales invoices are raised, approved, correctly coded and input and Vat accounted for correctly Credit control - issue statements, chase up outstanding debts Customer and supplier account maintenance Manage receipts and cash allocation, issuing reports as necessary and liaising with management to resolve any outstanding sums Monitor Remittance Advice emails, print, scan and attach to Customer account. Process receipts for Bank Statement, using Remittance Advices received. If no Remittance Advice received, contact customer for a copy or screen shot of payment. Accounts on hold spreadsheet. Monitor and update manager regularly. Chase customers for updates. Daily Credit Control: monthly statements, placing Accounts on hold that are over 30 days and diarising reminders to chase customers again at a later date, ensuring kept within 45 day debtor period. Entering Purchase Invoices and then scanning them into the accounts that they relate to. Also dealing with any queries associated with the Purchase Invoices. Raising Credit Notes, if required. Deal with any email enquiries, which include updating customer accounts with change of address or new email addresses etc. Take calls from customers requesting copy invoices/statements and other enquiries. Providing POD’s to customers with invoice queries. Submission of EC Sales List Declaration - quarterly. Setting up New Customer Accounts. Expenses: Printing down receipts received from each Sales person and matching them to the expenses forms. Liaise with Sales person regarding any queries. Carry out other related duties that may reasonably be required. Key Skills required: All round accounting experience in purchase and sales ledgers and credit control Attention to detail and ability to prioritise workloads Desire to work as part of a small teamExcellent verbal and written communication skills. This is a varied role and offers the chance to play a key part within a small business that is poised for expansion. Excllent working conditions and benefits. Part-time hours might be considered on a 9-3 daily basis.