Accounts Assistant

Investigo Limited; Royal Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Accounts Assistant to join their close-knit finance team. This full-time role offers a hybrid working model, allowing you to balance office presence with remote work. You will play a crucial role in supporting day-to-day financial activities, including invoicing, bank reconciliation, and reporting. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, excel in time management, and have a good grasp of Excel. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly impact the company's financial operations and success.

Benefits

On-site Car Park

Hybrid Working Model

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and ability to build partnerships.
• Proven time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Processing sales invoices and liaising with the sales team.
• Daily posting of bank payments and handling client refunds.
• Providing support to the finance team with ad-hoc projects.

Skills

Communication Skills

Time Management

Excel Skills

Accounting System Experience

Tools

Sage Intacct

Sharepoint

iCompleat

Outlook

Internet Banking

Job description

My client, a close-knit team based near Tunbridge Wells, are recruiting for a full-time Accounts Assistant. The new team member will be instrumental in creating value to Finance and the company, through ably supporting the finance team on a wide span of day-to-day activities including but not limited to invoicing licensees, bank reconciliation, royalty payments, purchase ledger, reporting, etc.

Car park on site - Monday - Friday - Hybrid based working - 2 days in the office

Responsibilities:

• Processing sales invoices within the sales ledger based on the documentation supplied.
• Liaising with the sales team to finalize the sales documentation prior to dispatch.
• Dispatching sales invoices.
• Monitoring the accounts & queries inbox, dealing with queries directly or directing to the relevant staff member for action.
• Daily posting of bank payments and receipts.
• Dealing with client refunds.
• Posting purchase ledger invoices, creating payment batches, and dealing with purchase ledger correspondence.
• Filing documentation accurately and in a timely manner.
• Printing and dispatching royalty invoices and associated correspondence.
• Creating new spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel and updating existing spreadsheets.
• Dealing with and resolving incoming telephone, mail, and email queries; or passing on concise and accurate messages to an appropriate colleague.
• Dealing with publisher queries and maintaining accurate publisher records.
• Handling interdepartmental communications.
• Executing monthly and annual royalty distribution.
• Providing support to the FC and wider finance team with ad-hoc projects.

Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrate the ability to build working partnerships across the organisation and create value.
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication including proven ability to provide accurate, clear, concise, and timely information to staff, customers, and relevant external bodies.
• Proven time management skills and ability to work to deadlines.
• Prior experience of drawing data from an accounting system.
• Good Excel skills.
• Prior experience with Sage Intacct, Sharepoint, iCompleat, Outlook, and internet banking is a benefit, but full training is provided.

If you're interested & suitable, please apply now as they are actively interviewing.