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Part Qualified Accountant

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Posted 20 days ago, valid for 6 days
Location

Slough, Berkshire SL3 0FF, England

Salary

£25,000 - £30,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A medium-sized freight forwarder is seeking a Part Qualified Accountant or a candidate with a degree in accounts and relevant work experience.
  • The role requires good all-round accounting experience, including management accounts, sales reporting, reconciliations, and advanced Excel skills.
  • Candidates with experience in Sage and freight forwarding will have an advantage, but training will be provided for credit control tasks.
  • The position involves maintaining account statements, resolving disputes, managing bank transactions, and preparing monthly sales figures.
  • Salary is dependent on experience, and candidates should be prepared for a Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5:30 pm office-based schedule.

We are working with a medium sized freight forwarder, who are looking to recruit either a Part Qualified Accountant or a candidate with degree in accounts along with work experience.

We are looking for an individual who has an accounts qualification and good all round account experience, including Management accounts for AIS, Sales figures reporting and reconciliations, bank management good Excel experience and able to manipulate data, the credit control side can be trained. Experience of Sage advantage

Any Freight Forwarding experience advantage

Role Involves:

  • Maintain and issue weekly and monthly account statements to clients
  • Query Resolution, resolving disputes efficiently with co-ordinators and directors
  • Building relationships with clients with regular contact
  • Customer Account maintenance
  • Daily Bank Download and manage cash allocation
  • Bank cheques and cash received. Take out Petty cash from bank
  • Take and process credit card payments
  • Daily Invoice Upload from SIGMA and Move ware
  • Weekly Bank Report for Directors
  • Calculate and prepare monthly Sales figures across 3 Companies
  • Produce monthly SIGMA Profitability Reports
  • Debt management and liaising with solicitors
  • Perform credit assessments using credit rating portals - Red Flag
  • Sales Ledger Account Reconciliations
  • Produce weekly commentary for Financial Controller on Debt situation
  • Produce weekly cash flow forecasts
  • Provide cover for Purchase Ledger during periods of absence
  • Be able to process Bank payments, FX Payments and Caxton Uploads
  • Monthly ICO Reconciliation with TBS Inc and FX Payment
  • Process TBS Credit Card monthly
  • AIS Management Accounts - Prepayments/Accruals and Journals
  • Manage the Sales Ledger and be responsible for credit collections, ensuring that credit terms are enforced across all 3 companies
  • Chasing Debt and obtain payment using effective collection techniques - telephone
  • or email

Monday to Friday 9am - 5.30pm all office based.

Salary Depends on experience.

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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.