Accounts Assistant

Eaton; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Syalon are recruiting an Accounts Assistant to support the finance team in Burton upon Trent. This is a broad, varied role offering exposure to banking, sales/purchase ledgers and credit control.

You will develop across transactional finance, build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and contribute to month-end processes. We are seeking candidates with grounding in finance, strong attention to detail and a proactive attitude.

Qualifications

• Some previous experience within an accounts or finance team
• Exposure to purchase ledger, sales ledger, banking or credit control
• Good numerical skills and strong attention to detail
• A good working knowledge of Excel
• Confidence communicating with internal colleagues and external customers or suppliers
• A proactive approach to resolving queries and investigating differences
• Good organisation skills and ability to manage competing priorities
• An interest in understanding the wider finance function rather than focusing on one transactional area
• A positive, hands-on approach and willingness to support the wider team

Responsibilities

• Supporting the day-to-day management of banking activities
• Processing and allocating customer receipts and supplier payments
• Completing bank reconciliations and investigating differences
• Supporting the sales ledger, including raising invoices and maintaining customer accounts
• Assisting with credit control and following up outstanding balances
• Building relationships with customers to resolve invoice and payment queries
• Processing purchase invoices and ensuring accurate coding/authorisation
• Reconciling supplier statements and investigating discrepancies
• Responding to supplier queries and ensuring timely payments
• Supporting month-end activities and providing information to the finance team
• Working with colleagues to resolve finance queries
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes and ways of working
• Providing wider finance and administrative support as required

Skills

Accounts payable/receivable

Bank reconciliations

Excel

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

AAT qualification

Tools

Excel

ERP system

Sage 50

Job description

• Supporting the day-to-day management banking activities
• Processing and allocating customer receipts and supplier payments
• Completing bank reconciliations and investigating any differences
• Supporting the sales ledger, including raising invoices and maintaining accurate customer accounts
• Assisting with credit control and proactively following up outstanding balances
• Building positive relationships with customers to help resolve invoice and payment queries
• Processing purchase invoices and ensuring they are accurately coded and authorised
• Reconciling supplier statements and investigating discrepancies
• Responding to supplier queries and helping ensure payments are processed accurately and on time
• Supporting month-end activities and providing information to the wider finance team
• Working with colleagues across the business to resolve finance queries
• Helping identify opportunities to improve processes and ways of working
• Providing wider finance and administrative support as required

As you develop within the role, there will be the opportunity to broaden your responsibilities and gain greater exposure to the wider finance function.

We are looking for someone who has gained a good grounding within finance and is keen to continue developing. You may currently be working as an Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant, Purchase Ledger Assistant, Sales Ledger Assistant or in another transactional finance position and feel ready for a broader role. You don't need to have done every aspect of the position already. More importantly, you need to bring strong attention to detail, a “can do” attitude and willingness to learn. You will ideally bring:

• Some previous experience within an accounts or finance team
• Exposure to purchase ledger, sales ledger, banking or credit control
• Good numerical skills and strong attention to detail
• A good working knowledge of Excel
• Confidence communicating with both internal colleagues and external customers or suppliers
• A proactive approach to resolving queries and investigating differences
• Good organisation skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• An interest in understanding the wider finance function rather than focusing solely on one transactional area
• A positive, hands-on approach and willingness to support the wider team

Eaton Syalon are working with our Burton based client to recruit an Accounts Assistant into their finance team. This is a broad and varied opportunity for someone who has already gained some practical finance experience and is now looking for a role where they can continue to learn, take on greater responsibility and develop. Rather than being focused on one particular area of transactional finance, the role will provide exposure across banking, sales ledger, purchase ledger and credit control, giving the successful person a strong understanding of how the wider finance function operates.