Speciality Fibres and Materials Ltd
Accounts Assistant
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Company Description
We are an innovative medical devices manufacturer of advanced wound care products, including combination products, from gelling fibres and fabrics. We deliver innovative, cost-effective, and quality products and solutions for the advanced wound care industry, helping to improve patient care and wellbeing.
Role Description
We are looking for a keen and proactive Accounts Assistant to support the day-to-day processing of financial transactions, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and strong financial controls. The successful candidate will be conscientious, diligent, and able to work both as part of a team and independently with minimal supervision. They will take pride in maintaining high standards, identifying opportunities to improve processes, and contributing ideas that enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the finance function.
Job Duties
- Responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate processing of all day-to-day transactions within the Sales ledger as well as operating all required controls in this area.
- Facilitating on-time collection of debt from customers.
- Responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate processing of all day-to-day transactions within the Purchase ledger as well as operating all required controls in this area.
- Proposing payment run of suppliers for management approval.
- Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate processing of all day-to-day transactions relating to cash, company credit card, expenses, and journals as well as operating all required controls in these areas.
- Increasing automation within finance and improving finance processes using the latest technology available.
- Maintain and update appropriate documentation of process flow and specific procedures, including control mechanisms to ensure smooth audit.
- Recommend improvements to procedures, controls, process flows, and mandates to the Finance Director for their authorisation and deliver the improvement, updating those procedures and process flows where necessary.
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- Relevant Financial Qualification or QBE.
- Familiarity with double entry accounting is essential.
- Prior experience of an ERP accounting software is essential.
- Being able to successfully identify and deliver process improvements, efficiencies, or cost savings is essential.
- Familiarity with accounting techniques employed in a multiproduct environment is beneficial.
- Intermediate level of IT skills including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point is essential.
- Good communication skills, with the ability to translate financial requirements to staff, are essential.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team is essential.
- Good organisation skills and being adept at leaving a good audit trail is essential.
- Proactive attitude to time management and prioritisation and ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure is essential.
- Experience of working within a Quality / Compliance environment is beneficial.
- Ability to get on with and influence people internally to achieve objectives is beneficial.
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