Accounts Assistant

Oakley Recruitment is working in partnership with an expanding organisation based in Birmingham. This is an excellent opportunity to join the team as an Accounts Assistant on a full-time Fixed term 1 year contract.

Culture and Environment
Our client is a fast-growing B2B organisation with a vibrant, collaborative, and ambitious culture. The team is passionate about innovation, continuous improvement, and working together to achieve big goals. They value individuals who are proactive, curious, and unafraid to challenge the status quo in pursuit of better ways of doing things.

Personality
You’ll be a proactive, organised and detail-focused individual who enjoys working with numbers and keeping things running accurately behind the scenes. With a confident and professional telephone manner, you’ll be comfortable communicating with customers and suppliers while taking ownership of your workload. You’ll have a methodical approach, strong attention to detail and the ability to manage a high volume of transactions without compromising accuracy. You’ll also be a supportive team player who is happy to get involved with wider tasks when needed.

Reward

• Monday–Friday, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Death in Service at 4 times annual basic salary
• Pension after a 3-month probation period
• Hybrid working available after 6 months’ probation

Job Role:

• Creating and maintaining new supplier and customer accounts within the company accounting system
• Raising customer invoices and credit notes, processing direct debit payments and allocating incoming payments accurately
• Managing credit control activity, including sending customer statements, providing invoice copies and following up on outstanding payments
• Processing supplier invoices, checking statements, chasing missing documentation and maintaining the proforma invoice register
• Managing scheduled and ad-hoc supplier payment runs and issuing remittance advice
• Monitoring bank account balances, completing daily bank reconciliations and managing company credit card facilities
• Processing staff expense reimbursements and supporting the wider finance team with additional duties as required

Skills and experience:

• Previous experience in a similar role
• Having strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
• Demonstrating excellent attention to detail when processing high volumes of financial transactions
• Communicating confidently and professionally with customers and suppliers, including having a good telephone manner
• Managing workloads proactively while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines
• Having experience with accounting systems and processing invoices, payments or reconciliations being advantageous
• Holding or studying towards an AAT qualification at any level being desirable but not essential

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