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Accounts Assistant
  • United Kingdom - Essex - Harlow -
2 years ago
£ 25750 Per year
Accounts Assistant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
  • Weekly statement check
  • Weekly purchase order not billed reporting
  • Receipting in and invoicing out third-party orders
  • Proactively manage any queries and work with the supplier to resolve any current and past invoice queries.
  • Reporting to financial controller and director on weekly progress.
  • Complete Purchase Ledger actions:
  • Supplier BACS payments
  • Post stock and non-stock supplier invoices to the ledger.
  • Reconciliation of Supplier statements
  • Review of creditor list ensuring debt is paid in a timely manner and cash is allocated.
  • Problem solving and posting relevant credit notes
  • Setting up new suppliers
  • Send through remittance advices to suppliers following weekly payments.
  • Ensuring the supplier account is always up to date with accurate information on credit limits, contact names and email addresses.
  • Complete relevant checks in regards to bank detail changes to prevent fraud.
  • Assist the procurement department in agreeing better payment terms with suppliers
  • Month End Procedures:
  • Close all Purchase Orders that have been billed
  • Produce Monthly Report of Open Purchase Orders.
  • Keep accrued purchases reconciled and clear.
  • Ensure purchase order approval system is maintained and all paperwork is received before agreeing to pay invoices.
  • Provide assistance and guidance on finance related matters to any member of the company requesting this information.
  • Liaise with the Stock Accountant on a day- to- day basis to ensure stock is booked in and reconciled to invoices in a timely manner.
  • Provide the Financial Controller with year end and Audit support.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience
  • Intermediate excel skills essential
  • Great attention to detail, problem solving and query resolution skills.
  • Ability to 'think outside the box’
  • The ability to build good working relationships with both external and internal suppliers/customers.
  • Problem solving and query resolution skills.
  • Good communication skills and ability to escalate queries to the appropriate manager.

Reference no: 107820

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