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Finance Assistant

Austin Banks
Posted 12 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN3 3EE

Salary

£22,000 - £26,400 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Finance Assistant role offers a salary of £28,000 per year.
  • Candidates are required to have previous experience in a credit control role.
  • The position involves managing company debts, monitoring customer accounts, and establishing payment plans.
  • Strong communication skills and proficiency in Excel and Sage Line 50 are essential for this role.
  • The role also includes administrative support for the finance team and maintaining accurate records.

Finance Assistant

Monday - Friday 08:00 till 16:00

£28k

Reporting to: Assistant Management Accountant

Purpose of the role:

The main purpose of the company’s credit controller is to manage the company’s debts and ensure that customers make payments on time, and stay within their recommended credit limit. This candidate will also support the assistant accountant with the overall accounts function.

Responsibilities:

• Creditworthiness: Evaluate new and existing customers' creditworthiness by reviewing their payment history and maintaining regular credit checks

• Credit Limits: Set appropriate credit limits for customers based on risk assessment

• Customer accounts: Monitor customer accounts to ensure payments are made on time and address any payment discrepancies

• Payment plans: Work with customers to establish payment plans and negotiate payment terms

• Reporting: Report regularly on credit risk, collections and accounts receivable to assistant management accountant

• Record Keeping: Keeping detailed records of all payments, receipts and invoices

• Discrepancies: Identifying and resolving discrepancies in accounts payable and receivable

• Updating Databases: Updating accounting and HR databases and spreadsheets

• Employee Records: Ensure accurate and secure records are kept and updated for all employee information

• Establishing Relationships: Establish and maintain good working relationships with suppliers, customers and colleagues

• Administrative Support: Provide ad hock administrative support to the finance team

• Supplier Statement Reconciliations

• Purchase Invoice Inputting

• Supplier Payment Planning

• Processing of Payroll and HMRC Submissions

Requirements:

• The right candidate should have previous experience within a credit control role, have excellent communication skills, be diplomatic and inspire customer loyalty and satisfaction.

• The candidate should have a good knowledge of excel and have previous experience using Sage Line 50. The ideal candidate will have AAT level 2/3 although this is not essential

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.