Accounts Assistant

ITSS Recruitment; London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in SW London is seeking a detail-oriented Accounts Assistant to support financial operations. The role involves data entry, accounts payable, and maintaining accurate financial records using Sage 50. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of accounting principles and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of accounting principles.
• Experience with various accounting software.

Responsibilities

• Support financial operations and maintain accurate records.
• Convert sales orders to invoices and post to ledgers.
• Reconcile bank entries and maintain internal spreadsheets.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Data Entry

Accounts Payable

Good English

Tools

Sage 50

Job description

Role: Accounts Assistant
Location: SW London
Salary: 28-30k

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Accounts Assistant to join our finance team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting the financial operations of our organisation. This position requires a strong understanding of accounting principles and experience with various accounting software.

The ideal candidate will be adept at data entry, accounts payable, and maintaining accurate financial records. Good written and spoken English are essential

As the company uses sales order processing and purchase order processing on Sage 50, the responsibilities cover all the day-to-day processing into the Sage ledgers of bank, sales and purchase transactions.

Sales Ledger;
Convert sales orders which have been delivered or for which payment has been received to sales Invoices and post to the ledger.
Card (Worldpay) payment processing, Sales Department to be notified.
Refunds processing (Credit Note issue) when instructed
International Invoices to be posted to the ledger as per Sales department bnotification.
Rent Invoice raised quarterly.
Monthly run customer statements and email to customers. Follow up any customers who are in arrears with paying.

Purchases;
Daily purchase orders should be converted to supplier invoices using the invoices emailed to us by our suppliers.
Reconcile to any statements received from suppliers.
Weekly run aged creditors report and prepare list of payments due, by currency, and pass to Managing Director with supporting Invoices for payment. When paid, agree to entries on bank statement, apply to supplier accounts, produce and send remittance advices.
Maintain Aged creditors spreadsheet by updating on weekly basis.
Liaise with suppliers on a daily basis and answering queries as needed.
All Direct Debit Invoices to be posted on Sage.
Notify the Sales department of any discrepancies.

Bank;
Post all receipts and payments on statement to the ledger for all currencies. Regularly reconcile the bank entries on Sage to the bank statements.
Maintain internal HSBC spreadsheet by posting data from the bank statement on daily basis.

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