Accounts Assistant

Are you a hands-on Finance Assistant or Accounts Assistant who enjoys variety and thrives in a fast-paced SME environment? Hays is partnering with a well established family owned organisation in their recruitment of an organised and proactive finance professional to join their team.This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their experience across all areas of transactional finance, working closely with the Finance Manager and gaining exposure to sales ledger, purchase ledger, credit control, banking and wider finance administration.
Accounts Assistant
Permanent
Full-Time - Office Based
Based in Brighouse
Salary £28-32,000 depending on level of experience

The Opportunity

As Finance Assistant, you will be involved in all aspects of transactional finance, giving a varied workload and a chance to utilise existing skills and continue to develop across all areas of transactional finance. Some of the daily duties will include: Sales Ledger

• Raising customer invoices and credit notes
• Processing and allocating customer payments
• Maintaining customer accounts
• Resolving account queries
• Reconciling customer balances

Purchase Ledger

• Processing supplier invoices
• Preparing supplier payment runs
• Reconciling supplier statements
• Resolving supplier queries
• Maintaining supplier records

Credit Control

• Monitoring aged debt
• Chasing outstanding payments by telephone and email
• Maintaining accurate collection records
• Building positive relationships with customers

Banking & Finance Administration

• Processing daily banking transactions
• Maintaining cashbooks
• Completing bank reconciliations
• Investigating reconciliation differences
• Setting up customer and supplier accounts
• Maintaining accurate financial records and documentation
• Responding to internal and external finance queries
• Supporting finance procedures and controls

Additional Support

• Providing occasional reception and administrative cover when required
• Supporting the wider business with general office administration duties

About You

We are particularly keen to speak with candidates who have experience within an SME environment and enjoy being involved in the full transactional finance cycle.You'll ideally have:

• Experience working as a Finance Assistant, Accounts Assistant or similar finance role
• Strong knowledge of sales ledger, purchase ledger and credit control
• Experience with bank reconciliations and cashbook management
• Good Excel and Microsoft Office skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• The ability to manage your workload independently
• A proactive and reliable approach to work
• AAT qualification or currently studying towards a finance qualification would be advantageous

SME experience would be particularly beneficial, as this role requires a flexible individual who is happy to support across multiple areas of finance and administration

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