Accounts Assistant

4 weeks ago


Potters Bar, United Kingdom Pure 4 Recruitment Limited Full time

My client is looking to recruit an Accounts Assistant to join their team on a 6 months FTC.

Job Purpose

The Accounts Assistant will be reporting into the Cash and Reconciliations Manager. You will be responsible for investigating, reporting on and reconciling any errors on the sales ledger, to clean-up the ledgers and provide a true position to the business.

Accountabilities

  • To work with customers to ensure receipts are applied and allocated to the sales ledger in line with remittance advices and associated scheduled payment breakdowns
  • Creation and maintenance of detailed ongoing scheduled payment log vs current billing patterns (including client contribution fees as well as net receipt rates)
  • Reconciliation of historic sales ledger accounts (scheduled receipts vs billing patterns)
  • Identification of receipting and allocation errors
  • Identification of billing errors vs agreed rates
  • Manipulation of multi-transactional data using Excel
  • Clear, concise reporting of true account balance(s)
  • Preparation of adjustment journals
  • To support the Credit Control teams and Cash and Reconciliations Manager with ad-hoc queries
  • Assistance with internal and external audits

Experience and Skills Required Essential

  • Strong numerical skills
  • Experience of reconciling complex accounts
  • Strong understanding of double-entry accounting
  • Intermediate Excel experience (Pivots, formulas, V Look up, formatting)
  • Excellent communication skills (including verbal, written and data presentation)
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Good knowledge of other Microsoft software (eg Microsoft Word / Outlook)

Desirable

  • 3 years Accounts Receivable experience (Receipting, Credit Control or Billing)
  • Experience of working with Local Authorities
  • AAT / CICM qualified or studying (or QBE)
  • PLC experience
  • Large ledger experience

The role has a hybrid working pattern i(3 days in the office; 2 days WFH)

Only relevant candidates will be contacted.


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