Accounts Assistant

Surface Transforms; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturer of automotive systems is seeking an organized Accounts Assistant to join their dynamic finance team. This role involves managing financial transactions, assisting with financial reporting, and contributing to process improvements. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in a finance role and a desire to develop their skills in accounting. Attractive salary and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Attractive salary

25 Days Annual Leave + Bank holidays

Extra day Annual Leave for birthday

Flexible working hours

Support for professional qualifications

Employee assistance helpline

Internal job transfer opportunities

Death in service scheme

Qualifications

• Experience within a similar Finance role.
• Motivated to develop their career in Accounting and Finance.
• Reliable with a desire to take on more responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage the sales ledger and ensure accurate transaction recording.
• Process supplier invoices and assist with reconciliations.
• Contribute to the preparation of budgets and forecasts.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Initiative

Education

Desire to develop Finance qualifications

Job description

Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant

Who are we

Surface Transforms are experts in the development and production of carbon-ceramic materials and the UK's only manufacturer of carbon-ceramic brakes for automotive use.

Here at Surface Transforms, our mission is to 'Innovate and develop a sustainable, world leading, high performance braking system to push performance boundaries to new levels. Investing in our people and processes to empower and enable profitable success.'

Our Values:

• Leadership - Decisive, united together, acknowledging our success
• Collaboration - Empowering and challenging our entire team
• Communication - Thorough, inclusive, agile considered decisions
• Ambition - Resilience through brave and bold thinking
• Excellence - Striving to continuously improve our high standards
• Trust - Autonomy to develop and deliver, knowing you are fully supported

We are seeking an organised Accounts Assistant to join our dynamic finance team. The successful candidate will support the finance team by ensuring accurate and timely processing of financial transactions, assisting with financial reporting, and contributing to the continuous improvement of financial processes. This role offers a great opportunity for professional development and hands-on experience in various aspects of financial management.

What you'll be doing as our Accounts Assistant:

Credit Control and Accounts Receivable

• Manage the sales ledger, ensuring accurate transaction recording and adherence to revenue cut-off policies.
• Process customer invoices and maintain comprehensive accounts receivable records.
• Manage the upload and maintenance of information within customer portals.
• Monitor outstanding balances and implement credit control measures to ensure timely payments.
• Reconcile accounts receivable and resolve discrepancies efficiently.
• Access and manage data within EDI portals, investigate "stucks," and respond according to OEM protocols.
• Provide regular reports on outstanding debt to credit control leadership, escalating issues as needed.
• Manage weekly credit control meetings, document agreements, and identify and mitigate "HOLD" risks.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve credit control procedures, obtaining stakeholder agreement and providing training.
• Conduct reviews of credit control procedures, including invoice cut-off, returns processes, stops processes, and agreement changes.
• Generate monthly aged debt summaries and debtor days reporting.
• Forecast monthly debtor inflow using invoiced, collectible, scheduled delivery, and payment term data.
• Work to build and improve the credit control systems within the company and the process of collections

Purchase Ledger Assistance

• Support the processing of supplier invoices and payments.
• Assist with reconciliations and resolving supplier queries.
• Maintain up-to-date and accurate records in the purchase ledger.

Budgeting and Forecasting Assistance

• Contribute to the preparation of budgets and forecasts and assist the FP&A accountant in monitoring performance to budget and forecast
• Assist in analysing variances and providing insights for decision-making.

Finance Improvement Projects

• Participate in projects to improve financial processes and systems.
• Identify and implement efficiencies in financial operations.

The person specification for our Accounts Assistant:

• The successful applicant will be highly motivated to develop their career in Accounting and Finance.
• They will have a strong drive to pass exams and gain qualifications in Accountancy with a desire to use their knowledge and skills to take on more complex tasks.
• They must be willing and able to take ownership of the tasks assigned to them
• They must have initiative to make changes or improvements to tasks or processes where they see them.
• They will have good communication and organisation skills
• They must be reliable with a desire to take on more responsibilities

Need to have:

• Experience within a similar Finance role.
• Desire to start or continue to developing your Finance qualifications.

You'll have these personal attributes:

• Attention to detail and self-starter mindset
• High level of resilience is required
• Can do/hands on/get involved attitude.
• Inquisitive
• Collaborative

What we'll give you in return:

• Attractive salary
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank holidays
• Extra day Annual Leave for your birthday
• Open to discussion around flexible working hours
• Support and fund professional qualifications
• A confidential employee assistance helpline covering physical and emotional support
• Jobs are promoted internally providing job transfer opportunities
• Death in service scheme

Salary: £28,000 - £30,000

Hours: Monday - Thursday 8am - 5pm, Friday 8am - 2.30pm

• £25000 - £28000 per annum + Hybrid working, canteen, gym
• £25000 - £28000 per annum + Hybrid working, canteen, gym