Finance Assistant

£16.00-£17.00 per hour PAYE

Full-time temporary role, duration TBC

Purchase ledger, sales ledger, banking, reconciliations and credit control exper

Financial Associate

JOB DESCRIPTION

Department

Finance

Location

Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex

Reporting to

Financial Manager

Employment type

Full time, temporary role

Duration

1 Month

Role Purpose

Our client requires support for 1 month in their accountancy department, The Accounts Assistant will provide day-to-day support to the Finance team, helping to ensure that financial transactions are processed accurately and promptly and that accounting records are complete and up to date.

The role will have responsibility for routine purchase ledger, sales ledger, banking and reconciliation activities, together with supporting month-end reporting, credit control and other finance processes across the Group.

The successful candidate will be organised, accurate and comfortable working to deadlines, with a willingness to take ownership of routine finance processes and investigate discrepancies when they arise.

Key Responsibilities

Purchase Ledger

Process supplier invoices and credit notes accurately and promptly.

Match invoices to purchase orders and other supporting documentation.

Check appropriate nominal coding, VAT treatment and authorisation.

Reconcile supplier statements and investigate differences.

Follow up missing invoices, credit notes and outstanding queries.

Assist with the preparation of supplier payment runs.

Maintain accurate supplier records.

Sales Ledger and Credit Control

Raise and process customer invoices and credit notes.

Allocate customer receipts against outstanding invoices.

Monitor outstanding customer balances.

Issue customer statements and payment reminders.

Assist with credit control and the collection of overdue accounts.

Investigate and resolve customer account queries.

Banking and Expenses

Post bank transactions accurately and on a...