Accounts Assistant

Môrwell Talent Solutions is delighted to be working with a leading manufacturing organisation in the Ebbw Vale area, who is seeking to recruit an Accounts Assistant to cover a period of maternity leave. My client is looking for an experienced Accounts Assistant who can join their finance team for the duration of circa 7 months, potentially longer. The salary on offer is up to £27,500 per annum and an immediate start could be on offer for the successful candidate.

Reporting into the Financial Controller, the duties of the role will include the below -

Purchase Ledger

• Posting purchase ledger invoices to the Company’s accounting software and matching purchase invoices to purchase orders and goods received
• Preparing supplier payments and allocating payments to the Company’s accounting software
• Reconciling supplier statements
• Querying discrepancies and purchase ledger queries with the purchasing department and suppliers
• Reconciling credit card expenses and posting expenses to the Company’s accounting software
• Maintaining a structured and organised document filing system for the purchase ledger, including scanning documents and maintaining electronic and paper files

Sales Ledger

• Posting and allocating receipts to the Company’s accounting software
• Maintaining and updating internal sales ledger files and data

Credit control

• Distribute customer statements and pre-due invoice reminders on a weekly basis.
• Assist the Group Financial Controller in other credit control duties as required.

Cash Book / Banking

• Daily posting of bank transaction to the Company’s accounting software
• Updating the Company’s cash books in several currencies
• Arranging banking payments and transfers, including foreign currency transfers
• Managing petty cash

Payroll

• Weekly analysis of the Company’s time and attendance system for payroll purposes
• Processing of the weekly and monthly payroll on the Company’s payroll software.
• Generate payroll reports for review by the Group Financial Controller/Finance Director.
• Process payments of weekly and month wages.
• Process and distribute other payroll related documents such as P45s and P60s.
• Weekly submission of payroll information to HMRC (FPS/EPS submissions).

General

• Support the Financial Controller in the month end accounting process and reconciliations
• Input monthly journals onto the Company’s accounting software
• Support the Financial Controller in preparing for the annual audit process and in responding to audit queries
• Assisting in the development of administrative systems to support the Company’s growth
• General office administration, including scanning, filing, archiving etc

Skills, Qualifications & Core Attributes

• Bookkeeping/purchase ledger experience
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment
• Experience of using ERP and payroll systems
• Computer literate with experience of using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
• 'Can do’ attitude with a professional, positive and energic approach
• Ability to work calmly under pressure and meet monthly deadlines
• Attention to detail and accuracy and strong analytical skills
• Good organisational skills with the ability to maintain structured filing systems
• Ability to work as part of a small team and communicate effectively with all departments across the Group

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you may be expected to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope of the role.

The hours are generally 8:30-17:15 Monday to Thursday and 16:00 on a Friday, however my client is also happy to consider applications seeking 30 hours per week.

The role is fully office based.