Financial Assistant

18 hours ago


Derby, Derby, United Kingdom Astute Recruitment Full time
Job Description

Astute Recruitment is partnering with a well-established and successful SME business based in Derby City Centre to find a talented Financial Assistant. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual to join a dynamic team and contribute to the financial success of the company.

Salary: £26,000 - £30,000 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday, 08:30 am - 4:30 pm

Holidays: 25 days + bank holidays

The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and recording transactions across the sales ledger, purchase ledger, cashbook, and nominal ledger through to the trial balance. They will also assist in the preparation of accurate and timely management financial reports to support informed business decision-making.

Key Responsibilities
  • Apply credit control procedures, including monitoring aged debtors, issuing monthly statements, and following up on outstanding debts through verbal and written communication
  • Prepare detailed monthly analyses of outstanding debts
  • Import and edit invoice data for uploading, process manual sales invoices in the accounting system, and ensure timely dispatch to customers
  • Post customer remittance information onto the accounting system accurately
Purchase Ledger and Supplier Payments
  • Set up and execute timely BACS payments for purchase invoices and employee expenses
  • Record supplier payments in the accounting system
  • Maintain the purchase order register, issue purchase order numbers, and ensure proper matching with purchase invoices
  • Accurately code and process authorised purchase invoices and employee expenses
  • Perform supplier statement reconciliations as needed
Cashbook and Bank
  • Update cashbook transactions and maintain the monthly cash flow summary
  • Analyse, reconcile, and process payments for inter-company transfers
  • Conduct monthly bank reconciliations to ensure accuracy

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