Accounts Assistant

6 months ago


Harpenden, United Kingdom Gowan USA Full time

Gowan Crop Protection is a fast-growing global company based in Harpenden where we have our centralizing accounting function for international business. We are seeking an experienced Accounts Receivable & banking assistant to support EUMEA/APAC Accounts Receivable & banking related activities. This role involves managing customer collections, bank entries, bank reconciliations and assisting with month end accounting tasks.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- ** Accounts Receivable**:

- Prepare and send Receivables report on weekly basis by sales person and identify overdue invoices
- Work with Sales team and Accounts payable department of clients, to ensure timely collections of invoices.
- Co-ordinate with Customer service and sales team to rectify any invoices.
- Investigate and summarise reasons for overdue invoices and prepare reports for management highlighting overdue invoices.
- Manage Letter of Credits (LC) from clients and work with Bank and Customer Services to ensure collections are made timely against the LC. Co-ordinate in resolving any discrepancies or issues faced in the collection against LC
- Post customer payments in E1 on daily basis and ensure Accounts receivable is up to date
- Assist with monthly closing activities related to Accounts Receivable.
- Track intercompany accounts receivable and maintaining reconciliations.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- ** Treasury/Banking and other activities**:

- Record daily deposit transactions. Track customer remittance advices and ensure it is received for all deposits. Resolve any queries in remittance advice.
- Work on cashflow projections.
- Co-ordinate with banks for any issues or discrepancies
- Assist in month end bank reconciliation.
- Help in month end intercompany reconciliations
- Assist in Year-end audit activities.
- Assist in other finance activities.

**Skills and Experience**:

- Previous Accounts Receivable & banking experience.
- Excellent communication skills and articulate in dealing with clients and sales teams
- Understands basic accounting principles
- Experience working in a finance environment
- Provide support on Month End deadlines to International Accountant
- Ability to work on own initiative and problem solve whilst working under pressure
- Ability to handle detailed information/data accurately
- Experience in working with teams based remotely
- Ability to communicate with all levels of the business
- Organized, proactive, process orientated, and deadline driven
- Good Microsoft Excel skills
- ERP System experience preferable (JD Edwards, E1 or Enterprise one)

**Competence/Behaviors**:

- Must be flexible if required to work outside of normal hours at certain times.


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