Accounts Assistant

SF Recruitment; East Midlands, Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000; Part time

Job description

Job Title: Part Time Accounts Assistant
Location: North Leicester
Hours: Part time - Monday - Thursday 22.5 hours per week
Salary: £30,000 FTE

SF Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Part Time Accounts Assistant to work for our client in North Leicester. As the Part Time Accounts Assistant, you will be responsible for maintaining the Purchase & Sales ledger whilst ensuring correct procedures are followed to strict timescales. Supporting the Finance Manager in the timely preparation of financial information, accounts, and reports, and ensuring that the business activities can be correctly determined and analysed.

Main Duties as the Part Time Accounts Assistant

Purchase Ledger

1. Registering all invoices
2. Matching invoices with purchase orders and coding
3. Liaising with the Purchase department regarding query invoices
4. Dealing with queries from suppliers and advising them about payments
5. BACS payments
6. Paying suppliers
7. Setting up new suppliers
8. Ensuring all invoices are filed accurately
9. Reconciling supplier statements and filing
10. Posting of Direct Debits and maintaining Direct Debits list
11. Balancing of Purchase Ledger control account

Sales Ledger

1. Maintain the credit control function in all various aspects (phone, email, letter)
2. Liaise with solicitors regarding bad debt recovery
3. Sending of all sales invoices and monthly statements
4. Listing and posting of all incoming BACS/cheque payments
5. Preparing and balancing of cashbook
6. Ensure all new accounts are properly vetted - credit agency ratings, fixed credit limit, and terms
7. Balancing of Sales Ledger control account

Other Tasks

1. Monthly payroll information gathering to send to payroll bureau for processing
2. Adhere to payroll policies and procedures and relevant law
3. Maintain the confidentiality of employees' pay records
4. Liaise with external payroll company and HR function to ensure payroll is processed each month
5. Analyse all company credit card and cash expenses ensuring that Company policy, current VAT, and P11D legislation are adhered to
6. Control of petty cash including foreign currency
7. Reconcile accruals list
8. Assisting in preparation and posting of month-end journals
9. Bank reconciliation
10. Assisting in verification of Control Accounts
11. Generate monthly spreadsheets
12. Providing other such duties as may be reasonably required by the finance function
13. Assistance in annual stock take

If you feel you have the right skills for this role, please apply today or contact me directly.