Accounts Assistant

The Opportunity:

Kenton Black Finance are currently recruiting for a full-time Accounts Assistant for a 6 month contract (likely longer) on behalf of a business that is based in Blackpool. This company has a turnover of circa million pounds, and has been operating for over 40 years. The Accounts Assistant's main duties will be purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliations. You will be office based for the first 4 weeks and then you will be able to work from home up to 2 days a week.

Your New Role as the Accounts Assistant:

• Issuing the daily sales report, providing management with insightful commentary on key highlights and trends.
• Performing weekly Bank Reconciliations and Weekly Net Debt reporting, investigating anomalies.
• Managing the customer rebate records, including month-end provision calculations and reconciliations, uploading turnover data into customer portals, processing payments in line with agreements and posting provisions and payments into Sage 50.
• Processing and accounting for employee expenses, including credit cards, plus accurate recording and handling of business and private mileage.
• Issuing monthly intercompany statements and overseeing the reconciliation of these to group companies via the Netting function. Also being responsible for the upload of information to the group ICT module at month end.
• Processing purchase ledger, banking and nominal transactions on the Sage 50 system. Analysing purchases by expense type (coding invoices) and accounting for the correct treatment of VAT.
• Obtaining purchase invoice authorisation in adherence to the purchase order process and delegated authority matrix within the company and managing the Unauthorised Invoices.
• Maintaining the Purchase Order module on Sage 50, carrying out housekeeping thereon and providing training to Purchase Order users. Highlighting discrepancies between PO and purchase invoice and keeping budget holders accountable.
• Performing supplier payment runs twice monthly, in accordance with supplier terms and in line with company procedures.
• Requesting statements, reconciling supplier accounts and resolving differences and supplier queries promptly.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate master data throughout the purchase ledger with strict attention to latest banking information for suppliers, whilst providing assistance to the same on the sales ledger.
• Managing the Accounts Payable, the Accounts Payable Purchasing and the Rebates inboxes.
• Providing support and cover to the Credit Control function, upon request from the Credit Control Manager and/or Senior AR Controller and providing holiday cover to the finance team.

Experience and Skills Required to Apply:

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to work productively, accurately, efficiently & effectively with initiative and drive (essential)
• Demonstrable and effective time management skills, able to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines (essential)
• Able to work within agreed frameworks and levels of authority whilst looking for ways to continually improve processes (essential)
• Strong communication, both written and verbal, and strong administrative and IT skills such as MS Office applications - Outlook, Excel & Word (essential)
• Must be a team player but also able to work with independence (essential)

Summary:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a company that has been operating for over 40 years. The finance team is expanding as the company has recently been taken over. You'll benefit from being able to work on a hybrid basis and be based in the Blackpool area. The salary on offer is up to £30,000 and it's likely the contract will be extended after the initial 6 months.

TO BE CONSIDERED YOU MUST BE RESIDING IN THE UK CURRENTLY, HAVE UK BASED ACCOUNTS EXPERIENCE, AND HAVE THE FULL RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK.

You must also meet all the ‘ESSENTIAL criteria’ for your application to be considered.

This vacancy is being handled by Carl Angilly – Kenton Black Finance.

Kenton Black Finance operate across the UK as a market leading recruitment partner, specialising in the attraction of finance talent across both permanent and interim requirements. With a team of dedicated experts, each with longevity operating in the finance arena, we maintain a proven track record and have established partnerships with businesses both large, small and those in their infancy. Market leaders, we provide recruitment solutions from entry level finance to directorship professionals. Operating from local offices in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham and Glasgow, Kenton Black Finance remain a dynamic and effective recruitment partner who represent and attract only the finest finance talent in the local area and across the UK