Accounts Assistant - Part-time

Job Title: Accounts Assistant - Part-time

Location: Witney, Oxfordshire

Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 FTE

Job Type: Fixed-term, Part time (Maternity cover), (22-25 hours per week).

Meech International has an exciting opportunity available for a part-time Accounts Assistant to join our growing team based in Witney, Oxfordshire. This is a temporary, maternity cover role with a competitive rate of pay plus generous benefits which makes Meech a great place to work! We are looking for someone who wants to embark on their next challenge and add value to a successful business.

The Benefits we offer our Accounts Assistant:

• A competitive salary
• Discretionary profit share bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Health insurance
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• £100 social club allowance to join in on activities
• Career development opportunities, training and learning resources
• Mental, financial and physical wellbeing support resources
• Free on-site parking
• Plus, many more benefits!

The role:

Reporting to the Finance Director, your primary role will be to accurately and efficiently carry out purchase ledger responsibilities as a member of the Finance team.

The key responsibilities as our Accounts Assistant:

• Purchase invoices - supervision/monitoring of the input of purchase ledger documents and management of sign-off process;
• Credit control - chasing outstanding debts via telephone and email;
• Handling queries arising from credit control activities;
• Administering the credit account process - Accounts on hold and new credit account facility opening;
• Maintaining information on Navision relating to customer communication relating to credit control;
• Filing - accurate filing of all finance documentation;
• Production of remittance advices and statements;
• Assisting with other general accounts tasks as necessary.

Skills, knowledge and experience required by our Accounts Assistant:

• The role would suit a person with general accounts and multi-currency experience who can apply their skills intelligently, possibly first level AAT qualified;
• High levels of accuracy, confidentiality and attention to detail;
• Flexible and helpful with excellent interpersonal skills.

Who are we?

Our mission is to design and manufacture the best and most innovative Static Control and Surface Cleaning equipment to optimise our customers' productivity. Founded in 1907, for over a century we have been engineering and manufacturing products in the UK that are used worldwide. We have a constant focus on improvement and we collaborate with our global offices and distributors, who in turn work closely with their local markets, to achieve all our goals.

What we do:

We have four separate divisions: Static Control, Web Cleaning, Compressed Air Technology and Surface Cleaning Systems. Each division is interconnected through applications in various sectors.

We work in a large number of diverse industries all over the world, including pharmaceutical, food & beverage and the emerging EV Battery market, where we are at the forefront of development in specialist contamination removal and static control.

If you have the skills and experience to become our Accounts Assistant, please apply now. We'd love to hear from you.

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Candidates with the relevant experience or job title of; Accounts Assistant, Accounts Clerk, Finance Clerk, Credit Controller, Payment Processing, Purchase Ledger, Accounts Payable Assistant, Accounts Payables, Purchase Ledger Assistant, may also be considered for this role.