Finance Assistant

**Finance Assistant (Sales Ledger)**

**Offering a starting salary of £26,000**

Snowdonia Cheese Company has extensive coverage, with our products sold in independent stores, stocked in some of the UK's leading retailers, and enjoyed at prestigious UK venues. We also have a thriving overseas market exporting more than half of our sales volume worldwide to 25 different countries.

We experience strong year on year growth, with three sites and around 100 employees and our long-range plans have delivered a consistent performance. You will be joining a business that is family managed, where our people are integral to achieving our aims and bringing our values to life.

As our **Finance Assistant (Sales Ledger) **you will manage the Accounts Receivable and Cash management functions within the Finance department for the Snowdonia Group.

In addition to a generous salary, we offer;
- hybrid working (one to two days working from home after your induction period)
- 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
- a collaborative, simple, honest and productive culture
- personal development opportunities
- discount on our products
- life assurance

**Main responsibilities**:
Cash and bank management
- Ensure all bank accounts and Invoice Finance borrowing across the group are reconciled daily from HSBCnet to Navision.
- Ensure all bank accounts are reconciled to Navision and to the bank statement on a monthly basis and prepare documentation, including Navision balance, bank statement and a list of reconciling difference ready for review by the Financial Controller.

Accounts Receivable
- Monitor cash receipts from all customers across the group and ensure transactions are posted and allocated daily.
- Ensure all invoices and credit notes are sent out on a timely basis, including export.
- Obtain remittance for all cash receipts, liaise with commercial teams to identify debit note requirements.
- Circulate customer statements to the Heads of Regions and seek update on debtor payments. Support the Heads of Regions with obtaining any outstanding monies.
- Have tight control over the sales ledger and ensure any issues are tidied promptly.
- Support the financial controller with managing credit control risk and ensure adherence to the group’s credit control policy.
- Ensure terms and credit limits on the system are kept up to date.

Other
- Ensure all Snowdonia policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Support the financial controller with audit schedules
- Involvement in the expense claims process on the zeta docs expense system
- Support the financial controller with month end tasks
- Support the commercial team with monthly reporting analysis
- support with customer cards project

The following key skills will be an advantage:

- AAT Qualified or equivalent experience
- Sound accounts administration, accounts receivable and cash management experience is essential
- Create and maintain positive, collaborative, and trusting working relationships with a wide range of people within and outside the company.
- Manage competing priorities effectively
- Can do attitude and able to make things happen
- Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and working effectively as a team contributor where needed
- Agile and can adapt to support company growth
- Takes pride in their work and owns their activities

**Individually Excellent & Collectively Brilliant** -Consistent delivery as an individual and a team

**Entrepreneurial and Continually Curious** - Be the best you can be and strive for success

**Operating with a Passion and a Conscience** - Respect our company and our colleagues

**Customer Focused and Consumer Driven** - Loyalty to our customers and our amazing products.

You will be required to prove you are eligible to work in the UK as part of our recruitment process.

**Salary**: From £26,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Employee discount
- Life insurance
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends