Accounts Assistant

2 months ago


Guildford, United Kingdom Andertons Music Company Full time

Andertons Music Co is a successful global retail and e-commerce business specialising in contemporary music instruments. Established in 1964, the business is an industry leader with a highly successful website and a large retail outlet in Guildford (where our offices are based).

We are looking for a full-time Accounts Assistant to join the existing team and ensure the finance function provides a high quality service to the wider business. In this role you will be reporting into the AP & AR Accounts Manager. Your main responsibility will be for processing a very busy and varied purchase ledger, from matching goods received notes and inputting invoices to fulfilling a weekly pay run to very tight and demanding deadlines and reconciling supplier accounts. You will also be involved in additional duties within the finance function, including daily till reconciliations, bank reconciliations and sales ledger process.

**Purchase Ledger**
- Matching of purchase invoices to purchase orders and inputting into ERP and Accounting systems
- Supplier query investigation and resolution
- Supplier statement reconciliation and review of Aged Creditors
- Preparation of main weekly pay run

**Treasury**
- Daily Cash up and re-float all store tills
- Month End Till Reconciliation
- Petty Cash Reconciliation and re-float
- Bank reconciliations

**Sales Ledger**
- Sales invoices posting and reconciliation to ERP System
- Sales invoice distribution to account customers
- Sales ledger cash allocation
- Customer query investigation and resolution
- Monthly statement distribution

**Required Skills & Attributes**
- At least 2 years experience in a high-volume purchase ledger environment
- Computer literate and high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Experience of using standard computerised accounts packages
- Outstanding attention to detail and numeric aptitude
- Dependable, flexible and able to work to tight deadlines
- High level of organisation and resilience
- Ability to challenge the status quo to improve controls and/or efficiency.

**Desirable**
- Experience in an e-commerce retail business
- Previous experience in the use of Access Financials or similar Finance software package

**Extra Information**:

- Contract Type: Full Time
- Working Hours: 9am - 6pm Monday to Friday
- Salary: £24,000 - £28,000 starting salary
- Job Location: Andertons Store, Guildford
- Closing Date: 26th June 2023


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