Accounts Assistant

Job Purpose

The Accounts Assistant will be reporting into the Head of Sales Ledger.

You will be responsible for investigating, reporting on and correcting any errors on the sales ledger, principally with regards to receipting, to clean-up the ledgers and provide a true position to the business.

Accountabilities

· Production of RBS receipt listings / Daily Banking

· Posting Cash

· Allocations

· Miscellaneous Queries

· Remittance Interrogation

· Identification of receipting and allocation errors

· Manipulation of multi-transactional data using Excel

· Clear, concise reporting of true account balance(s)

· To work with the Credit Control and Receipting teams to ensure monies are accurately allocated as per remit / schedule

· To support the Credit Control teams and Head of Sales Ledger with ad-hoc queries

· The job description is subject to change as the role evolves

Personal Characteristics

· The ability to work under pressure, maintain professionalism and prioritise workload

· A keen self-starter with the ability to work independently and within a team environment

· Excellent attention to detail

· To be able to work efficiently

· A logical, analytical approach to problem-solving

· Organised

· Adaptable and flexible

· A good communicator

· Resilient - relishes a challenge, is not afraid of hard work

· A team player with willingness to help others and go above and beyond their formal role

Experience and Skills Required

Essential

· 5 years Accounts Receivable experience (Receipting, Credit Control or Billing)

· Intermediate Excel experience (Pivots, formulas, V Look up, formatting).

Desirable

· Experience of multiple accounting packages

· Experience of working with Local Authorities

· AAT / CICM qualified or studying (or QBE)

· Large ledger experience

· Immediate start