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Our Client seeks an Accounts Assistant to join their finance team based in High Wycombe. The Accounts Assistant would perform a wide range of accounting tasks including purchase ledger, sales ledger and other ad-hoc duties.Duties of the Accounts Assistant include:
- Maintaining UK Accounts Receivable ledger to current high standard. Sales ledger consists of about 400 accounts totalling almost £2m.
- Maintaining Purchase Ledger and Expenses payments.
- Developing relationships with key customers and suppliers.
- Daily cash allocations, processing supplier payments, and Bank Reconciliation.
- Monitoring shipments for accounts which are overdue or in excess of their credit limits.
- Resolving customer and supplier queries in a timely manner.
- Ensure customer accounts are kept within agreed credit limits.
- Managing overdue accounts in line with Company policy.
- Supplier statement reconciliations.
- Managing administrative tasks and updating procedural documents.
- Assisting with Month-end & Year-end close.
- Assisting with annual audit.
- Credit checking and opening new customer accounts.
- Preparing and posting journals.
Requirements for the Accounts Assistant include:
- Experienced with a minimum of 3years to 5years working experience.
- Accounting background with a good understanding of accounting double entry & accounting principles. QBE acceptable.
- Excellent IT skills and proficiency in Microsoft office.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent team player and able to work under pressure and to strict deadlines.
- High level of accuracy, problem solver and analytical thinker.
- Building an excellent rapport with customers, suppliers, and colleagues.
- Keen to join a fast-growing, forward-looking company and develop a career.
- Conscientious and hardworking individual, with a positive attitude.
- Willingness to learn and quickly adapts to changes.
- Works efficiently with others and on own initiatives.
