Job Description

As the Finance Assistant your role is to ensure all financial records are updated regularly and accurately in a timely manner to meet set deadlines. All system and best practice guidelines must be adhered to a high standard.

Reporting to: Financial Controller

• Monthly Reconciliations of Trade and import Loan accounts
• Reconcile foreign currency bank accounts
• Re-value foreign currency balance sheet accounts
• Reconciliation of Business Credit Cards
• Intrastat
• Debtors ledger maintenance
• Purchase ledger reconciliations
• Trade Account Management and reconciliations
• Upload trade invoices onto factoring account
• Update credit limits on the internal system
• Place any overdue accounts on hold
• Investigate discrepancies and find solutions
• Dealing with bad debts
• Deal with any ad hoc financial issues including annual audits and stock takes stock takes

Sales Ledger duties

• Reconcile customer payments to sales orders
• Place any overdue accounts on hold
• Highlight sales ledger discrepancies and provide solutions
• Assisting with processing customer credits

Purchase Ledger duties

• Match purchase invoices to delivery notes/purchase orders
• Once authorized and matched, post invoices onto internal system
• Post supplier payments to relevant accounts and allocate against invoices
• Reconcile supplier statements for payment authorization, and highlight purchase ledger discrepancies and find solutions
• Flag up payments that are required and inform Financial Controller
• Chase up credit notes on disputed items
• Ensure cost prices are correct on invoices and on stock valuation

What's on Offer

Long term career opportunities within a varied finance and accounts position

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The ideal candidate for the Finance Assistant position will fit the following profile: Excellent communication skills and strong team player. Honest, trustworthy and loyal. Experience of working in a Finance department in a similar role. Credit control exposure is preferred but not essential. Accuracy and attention to detail is essential. Organized and self-disciplined. Methodical.