What you’ll be doing...

Credit Control & Debt Collection

• Manage the credit control process to ensure timely collection of outstanding customer balances.
• Monitor aged debtors and proactively follow up overdue accounts.
• Build and maintain professional relationships with customers to resolve payment issues.
• Investigate and resolve customer account queries efficiently.
• Prepare and distribute aged debt and cash collection reports.
• Escalate high-risk or long-outstanding debts as appropriate.
• Support the management of customer credit limits and account reviews.

Payroll Administration

• Prepare and process monthly payroll information accurately and within deadlines.
• Liaise with HR and FC to resolve payroll queries.
• Maintain employee payroll records and ensure changes are processed correctly.
• Reconcile payroll reports and associated control accounts.
• Ensure payroll processes comply with relevant legislation and company policies.

Staff Expenses

• Process employee expenses and ensure compliance with company policies.
• Escalate non-compliance to line manager and FC
• Process claims monthly to pay alongside payroll.
• Ensure timely review of finance approvals.

Bank Reconciliations & Cash Management

• Monitor cash receipts and payments.
• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly bank reconciliations.
• Assist with short term cash flow reporting and forecasting.
• Assist in maintaining and improving expense management processes.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items promptly.

Month-End Accounting Support

• Assist with month-end close activities to ensure reporting deadlines are achieved.
• Assist with UT reconciliations
• Prepare and post journals including accruals, prepayments, and other adjustments.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and investigate variances.
• Assist in the preparation of management accounts and supporting schedules.
• Support year-end audit requirements and information requests.
• Contribute to continuous improvements in financial processes and controls.

General Finance Responsibilities

• Ensure financial records are maintained accurately and in a timely manner.
• Support the Financial Controller with ad hoc financial analysis and reporting.
• Assist with the process improvement initiatives across the finance function.
• Provide support to colleagues across the business on finance-related matters.
• Maintain compliance with company policies and financial controls.

To do this job well, you will need...

• AAT Qualified or studying towards ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Previous experience within a finance or accounting role. (typically, 3-5 years)
• Experience of credit control and debt collection.
• Strong understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and reconciliations
• Experience of month-end processes, including preparation of journals, accruals and prepayments.
• Good understanding of VAT principles
• Understanding of balance sheet reconciliations and journal postings
• Experience of running payroll processes.
• Strong reconciliation skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Intermediate Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookup functions, and experience using accounting systems.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities

Desirable:

• Experience within a fast-paced commercial environment.
• Experience assisting with month-end and management accounts preparation.
• Knowledge of payroll legislation and compliance requirements.
• Report writing skills.