ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT

Sfm Limited; Coventry; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Sfm Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced finance professional to manage day-to-day transactions across Sales and Purchase ledgers, ensuring accuracy and timely processing. You will support debt collection, supplier payments, and cash-related transactions, while driving automation, maintaining audit trails, and updating procedures under the Finance Director.

Strong organisation, communication, and ERP accounting software experience are essential; the role offers exposure to a

Qualifications

• Relevant Financial Qualification or QBE.
• Familiarity with double entry accounting is essential.
• Prior experience of an ERP accounting software is essential.
• Being able to successfully identify and deliver process improvements, efficiencies or cost savings is essential.
• Familiarity with accounting techniques employed in a multiproduct environment is beneficial.
• Intermediate level of IT skills including Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point is essential.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to translate financial requirements to staff are essential.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team is essential.
• Good organisation skills and being adept at leaving a good audit trail is essential.
• Proactive attitude to time management and prioritisation and ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure is essential.
• Experience of working within a Quality / Compliance environment is beneficial.
• Ability to get on with and influence people internally to achieve objectives is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely and accurate processing of day-to-day transactions within the Sales ledger and apply controls.
• Facilitate on time collection of debt from customers.
• Process day-to-day transactions within the Purchase ledger and controls.
• Propose payment runs of suppliers for management approval.
• Oversee timely and accurate processing of cash, company credit card, expenses and journals with required controls.
• Increase automation within finance and improve processes using latest technology available.
• Maintain and update documentation of process flow and procedures including controls to ensure smooth audit.
• Recommend improvements to procedures, controls, process flows and mandates to the Finance Director for authorisation and implement them.
• Handle ad hoc projects/duties as required by the Company.

Skills

Double entry accounting

ERP accounting software

Process improvement

Communication skills

Organisation skills

Time management

Audit trail maintenance

Education

Relevant Financial Qualification or QBE

Tools

ERP accounting software

Job description

• Responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate processing of all day-to-day transactions within the
  Sales ledger as well as operating all required controls in this area.
• Facilitating on time collection of debt from customers.
• Responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate processing of all day-to-day transactions within the
  Purchase ledger as well as operating all required controls in this area.
• Proposing payment run of suppliers for management approval.
• Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate processing of all day-to-day transactions relating to cash,
  company credit card, expenses and journals as well as operating all required controls in these areas.
• Increasing automation within finance and improve finance processes using latest technology available.
• Maintain and update appropriate documentation of process flow and specific procedures including
  control mechanisms to ensure smooth audit.
• Recommend improvements to procedures, controls, process flows and mandates to the Finance
  Director for their authorisation and deliver the improvement, updating those procedures and process
  flows where necessary.
• Any other ad hoc projects/ duties as required by the Company

KEY SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Relevant Financial Qualification or QBE.
• Familiarity with double entry accounting is essential.
• Prior experience of an ERP accounting software is essential.
• Being able to successfully identify and deliver process improvements, efficiencies or cost savings is
  essential.
• Familiarity with accounting techniques employed in a multiproduct environment is beneficial.
• Intermediate level of IT skills including Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point is essential.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to translate financial requirements to staff are essential.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team is essential.
• Good organisation skills and being adept at leaving a good audit trail is essential.
• Proactive attitude to time management and prioritisation and ability to work to tight deadlines under
  pressure is essential.
• Experience of working within a Quality / Compliance environment is beneficial.
• Ability to get on with and influence people internally to achieve objectives is beneficial.