Accounts Assistant

Telford

Permanent

£26,000 - £30,000 Depending on Experience 25 days holiday + bank holidays, death in service, defined contribution company pensions scheme with matching employer contribution of 5%

Monday to Friday 8:30am – 5pm (4pm finish on a Friday) 36.5 hours per week.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-establish manufacturing company based in Telford as an Accounts Assistant. Reporting to the Financial Controller the Accounts Assistant will take responsibility for purchase and sales ledger and collating 4 weekly payroll information for the outsourced payroll provider.

Accounts Assistant responsibilities and duties will include, but not limited to:

Purchase ledger

• Process supplier invoices, ensuring that invoices are matched to delivery notes and approved before passing for payment.
• Deal with supplier invoices queries and monitor the invoice log to ensure that invoices are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Complete regular supplier statement reconciliations to ensure that invoices are processed in time for payment.
• Raise supplier payments; mid-month, month end and any ad-hoc payments.

Sales Ledger

• Liaise with customers to ensure payments are received on time and in full.
• Monitor customer credit limits to ensure that balances are full covered.
• Work with the Senior Accountant to ensure that all customer invoice queries are dealt with promptly.
• Process manual sales invoices and credit notes.
• Allocate and post customer cash receipts in SAP.

Other areas

• Control the petty cash tins (Sterling and Euro’s).
• Process the four-weekly wages using Cintra payroll software.
• Process wages journal and accrue for unpaid wages at the month end.
• Raise HMRC, payroll and all other non-purchase ledger payments.
• Assist with requests from external auditors as part of the year end process.
• Support the Accounts Department with additional ad hoc tasks as delegated by the Financial Controller & Company Secretary.
• CID Reporting on a daily basis and monthly reconciliation.
• Bank Audit – Bi-annually.

Skills and Experience

To be considered for this position you will have previous experience working in a similar role. You will have  good attention to detail with a flexible approach with the ability to meet monthly deadlines.

The application process:

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About Us

Prince Personnel are an employment agency working on behalf of our client.  Whether you’re seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment or contract you’ll find us easy to deal with.  Located in thriving Telford, we focus on jobs in Shropshire, Staffordshire and North Wales.   Prince Personnel specialise in commercial, accounts and finance and technical recruitment.  With the best jobs around we are an independent agency working hard for you.

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