Finance Assistant (AR)

A well-established organisation within the housing and property services sector is seeking a Finance Assistant to join its finance team. This role has arisen to provide support during a period of long-term absence and offers an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in accounts receivable, sales ledger, credit control or finance administration.
Working closely with the Financial Controller and wider finance team, you will play a key role in ensuring customer invoicing is accurate, queries are resolved promptly, and customer accounts are maintained effectively.
The RoleThis is a transactional finance position focused primarily on accounts receivable activities. You'll be responsible for supporting the end-to-end invoicing process, maintaining customer accounts and assisting with credit control and finance administration duties.
Key Responsibilities

• Processing and checking customer invoices generated from multiple systems
• Ensuring all invoices are raised accurately and issued in a timely manner
• Raising manual invoices and processing credit notes
• Maintaining customer accounts and financial records
• Monitoring customer balances and assisting with reconciliations
• Responding to billing and payment queries
• Supporting credit control activities and debtor monitoring
• Managing finance inbox queries
• Investigating and resolving invoice discrepancies
• Assisting with cash posting and account reconciliations
• Maintaining petty cash records
• Supporting the wider finance team as required

About You

• Previous experience within Accounts Receivable, Sales Ledger, Credit Control or Finance Administration
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Good numerical and reconciliation skills
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Confident using Excel and other finance systems
• Able to work independently and as part of a team

Desirable

• Experience using Sage Intacct or a similar finance system
• Knowledge of credit control processes
• Experience managing finance inboxes
• AAT qualification or studying for AAT

What's on Offer

• Flexible working hours
• Fully office-based initially, with hybrid working available after a short period
• Opportunity to gain exposure to a busy finance function
• Varied workload across invoicing, reconciliations, customer accounts and finance administration
• Immediate start available
• Newport location

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