Job Title – Accounts Assistant

Location – Silsoe, Bedfordshire

Salary – £24,000

Company

My client provides property and facility maintenance as well as fire safety solutions to the commercial and property management sector with a geographical coverage spanning from the South Coast to Birmingham the team of estimators are crucial in delivering a fast, reliable service quote and costing service to their clients.

The Opportunity

The role provides the opportunity to support the growth of the business in the accounts team. This is a important role for the business in ensuring a smooth end process for our clients in making sure that invoices are correct and sent on time and also that our clients get a great service for any queries that they might get.

About the job

Supplier Administration

Support the accounts team in:

• Receiving, preparing and loading supplier invoices into accounting package (Sage)
• Completing checks on invoices received to ensure all costs incurred are charged out at the correct rates
• Completing verification of account values before payment
• Receiving supplier calls and dealing with supplier queries
• Accounts Admin Support

Support the accounts team with telephone calls and general communications

• Administer the accounts email inbox
• Add new properties and customers to accounting and operating system
• Administration of client invoices
• Support the invoice finance facility administration
• Invoice Collection Assistance

Support the accounts team with credit control:

• Keeping track of assigned customer accounts to identify outstanding debts
• Contacting debtors, encouraging timely payment
• Handling customer queries and working with the operations team to resolve invoicing issues

About the successful applicant

You'll need to be self-disciplined, experienced, accountable, flexible and have a positive pro-active vision for growth both for the company and personally.

To be successful you will have:

• Experience in Microsoft suite (word, excel, outlook
• Experience in Sage
• Experienced and confident dealing with suppliers and clients over the telephone
• Experience working in a accounts team
• Working independently and part of a wider supervised team

Package

• Competitive Salary
• Pensions scheme
• 20 days holiday + bank holidays