Accounts Assistant

Elizabeth Michael Associates LTD; East Midlands; Vor Ort; GBP 30.000 - 35.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Elizabeth Michael Associates LTD is seeking an Accounts Assistant based in DE55, Derbyshire. The successful candidate will handle transactional work within sales and purchase ledgers, cash book processing, and support the Financial Controller with month-end duties.

Candidates should possess good IT and Excel skills, along with the ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain accuracy. The role offers a salary of £30,000 - £35,000 and requires someone to start as soon as possible.

Qualifikationen

• Knowledge of Xero is ideal, but not essential.
• Good IT and Excel skills are necessary.
• Attention to detail and numeracy in transactional work are crucial.

Aufgaben

• Manage sales and purchase ledgers using Xero.
• Process invoices and credit notes accurately.
• Reconcile cash transactions with bank statements.
• Support the Financial Controller with month-end duties.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, customers, and suppliers.

Kenntnisse

Good IT skills

Intermediate Excel skills

Numeracy and accuracy in transactional work

Attention to detail

Ability to multi-task

Tools

Xero

Jobbeschreibung

Accounts Assistant

DE55, Derbyshire

Monday Friday 8:30am 4:30pm

£30,000 - £35,000

Looking for someone to start asap

Job Purpose

Responsible for transactional work within the sales and purchase ledgers, cash book processing, point of sale income and provide front line response to any financial queries for the organisation.

You will work closely with the Financial Controller to provide month end support, routine financial reporting and process improvements, whilst ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial data to audit standard.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain both the sales and purchase ledgers using Xero and related systems
• Process sales and purchase invoices and credit notes accurately, making sure they are correctly coded
• Match purchase invoices to purchase orders (where needed), check they are approved and post them correctly
• Create and track purchase orders to keep commitments up to date
• Set up and manage customer and supplier accounts, ensuring records are accurate
• Carry out daily, weekly and monthly reporting
• Keep all financial records organised and up to date (digital or paper)
• Supporting the Financial Controller with month end duties
• Handle credit control tasks
• Process employee expenses in line with company procedures
• Record cash transactions and regularly reconcile them with bank statements
• Support the preparation of monthly management accounts
• Reconciling control accounts accurately
• Helping analyse differences between actual results and budgets
• Checking that all financial data in Xero and related systems is complete and accurate
• Assisting the Financial Controller with ad hoc tasks
• Follow company policies, internal controls and audit requirements when handling financial data
• Communicate with colleagues, customers and suppliers to resolve queries and maintain good working relationships
• Keep financial procedure documents up to date

Experience

• Ideally have knowledge of Xero BUT not essential
• Good IT skills
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Numeracy and accuracy in transactional work
• Transactional input
• Ability to multi-task
• Excellent attention to detail

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