Accounts Assistant

Our client requires an experienced Accounts Assistant to manage the Accounts Receivable (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP) daily tasks.

You will work with the Sales and Operations teams to ensure the financial integrity of the AR and AP ledger.

Provide accounting and administrative support to the Finance Manager and Accounts Team Leader.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure the company’s AR module is complete, accurate, and up to date.
• Process the daily PO Receiving activity and GL coding.
• Process overhead invoices and employee expense claims.
• Ensure cheques and cash receipts are recorded accurately and banked promptly.
• Organise cash/cheque collections with appointed transit provider.
• Ensure that customer receipts (BACS, cheques, credit cards, and cash) are posted accurately and completely.
• Reconcile and close AR/AP in accordance with the month-end timetable and assist Team Leader with month-end/year-end tasks.
• Produce the Daily Sales report.
• Learn all the activities of the Accounts department in order to provide full back-up for the Team Leader.
• Take the initiative in seeking ways for the AR function to work more quickly and efficiently.
• Monitoring customer credit limits and liaising with the sales team with regard to amendments.
• Monitoring customer account balances to ensure they are within credit limits and liaising with the sales team with regard to corrective action if they are not.
• Monitoring aged debt and supporting the sales team in recovery of overdue amounts.
• Month-end aged debt reporting providing narrative on the status of overdue amounts.
• Any other reasonable task including accounting and admin support to the Finance Manager and Senior Management.