Accounts Assistant

Kenny Recruit are looking for an eager, efficient, hard working, all round Accounts Assistant to join a growing marketing communications business. Our client offers a variety of services to help their large, varied database of clients communicate with their service users nationwide. This is an exciting time to join the team as our client is growing meaning there will be opportunity to grow with the business by taking on further responsibilities.

As the Accounts Assistant you will report into the Finance Manager, your role will be varied. Credit control will be your responsibility, having experience of credit control is essential. You need to show that you have experience of working with the aged debt, as well as knowing what to do when there is a problem with a payment or when to escalate a debt. The role will also have you involved in the purchase ledger tasks. Assisting in month end will be included in your responsibilities and as time goes on, you will be take on further responsibilities.

Pay: £30,000 - £33,000 per annum (dependent on experience) + 10% bonus + benefitsLocation: Richmond (3 days in the office)Working hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Responsibilities:

• Taking a proactive role in collecting debts of company debtors

• Setting up new customer and supplier accounts

• Distributing weekly debtors report

• Assisting in preparation of weekly sales invoices

• Preparation of statements, client status reports and all relevant information as required

• Resolving discrepancies on sales invoices with relevant account manager

• Checking and posting of purchase invoices

• Ensuring timely payments to suppliers

• Managing monthly accruals, prepayments, fixed assets

• Supporting the month-end closing process by preparing journal entries and assisting with reconciliations.

• Providing administrative support to the team

• Other tasks as required

Requirements:

• High degree of accuracy

• Understanding of double entries

• Work pro-actively

• Comfortable working in a team but also happy to work independently

• Build strong working relationships both internally and externally

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Able to prioritise workload and manage peaks and troughs effectively

• Strong time management and organisational skills

• Understand when to escalate issues or hand over work to other colleagues

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