£28000 - £30000 Per year
Accounts Assistant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Calculate additional charges, such as shipping costs, to include in invoices
- Ensure every invoice sent out is accurate
- Resolve billing errors that other staff or customers flag
- Keep a record of collecting payments with customer information
- Perform any necessary administrative duties, such as auditing customer records
- Prepare account statements for customers
- Follow up on outstanding payments
- Manage customer accounts, ensuring that new customers have healthy credit and that existing customers have settled monthly accounts in a timely manner.
- Reconcile a variety of accounts and reports for ensuring accuracy
- Research discrepancies in financial information and/or documentation (e.g., purchase orders, vendors, invoices, etc.) for ensuring accuracy and adherence to procedures before processing
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- 3+ years of directly related accounting experience, preferably in a large, high-volume corporate environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Tenacity
- Excellent communication skills
- Good negotiation skills
- Able to clearly explain financial matters
- Business acumen
- High attention to detail
- Problem-solving skills
- The ability to prioritize a heavy workload
- Good analytical skills
- Computer Skills: MS Office Suite programs, Excel is a MUST
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