Accounts Assistant

Cherry Professional Ltd; Thurmaston; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherry Professional Ltd is recruiting a Finance Assistant to join a small finance team, based at our office in Syston (LE7). The role covers bookkeeping, invoicing, data maintenance and cash allocation, with a focus on Sage and Xero experience.

You will work Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm, in a fully office-based environment with a strong customer service ethos and strict data accuracy requirements.

Qualifications

• Previous Finance Assistant experience is essential, with exposure to Sage and Xero.
• Excellent phone etiquette with strong verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
• Attention to detail for accurate data entry.

Responsibilities

• Customer Query Resolution: Investigate and respond to customer queries, escalating issues where necessary.
• Action credits once resolved and maintain accurate records.
• Invoice Processing: Accurately process key account invoices, ensuring timely collation and submission to designated customer email addresses.
• Portal Management: Upload invoices from and to our portals to prevent payment delays.
• Data Maintenance: Maintain and update customer master data to ensure accurate records.
• Cash Allocation: Support the finance team by assisting with the allocation of cash to customer accounts.
• Processing bank transactions and reconciliation of bank accounts.
• Maintaining and processing Expenses software.
• Processing purchase invoices and assisting with the Purchase Ledger.
• Any other tasks required.
• Compliance & Conduct: Adhere to all company policies and procedures while maintaining the highest professional standards.

Skills

Phone etiquette

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Finance assistant experience

Tools

Sage

Xero

Excel

Job description

The Opportunity

Formed in only 2015, my client continues to grow, both organically and via acquisition. Required is a Finance Assistant to work within a small team tasked with a broad range of accounting tasks, lergely bookeeping and transactional related.

Responsibilities

• Customer Query Resolution: Investigate and respond to customer queries, escalating issues where necessary.
• Action credits once resolved and maintain accurate records.
• Invoice Processing: Accurately process key account invoices, ensuring timely collation and submission to designated customer email addresses.
• Portal Management: Upload invoices from and to, our own and relevant customer portals promptly, to prevent payment delays.
• Data Maintenance: Maintain and update customer master data to ensure accurate and up-to-date records.
• Cash Allocation: Support the finance team by assisting with the allocation of cash to customer accounts.
• Processing bank transactions and reconciliation of bank accounts
• Maintaining and processing our Expenses software
• Processing purchase invoices and assisting with the Purchase Ledger
• Any other tasks required
• Compliance & Conduct: Adhere to all company policies and procedures while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards. Promote a strong customer service culture.

Requirements

• Previous Finance Assistant experience is essential, with a focus on Sage and/Xero exposure with excel capabilities to pivot / look up level.
• Excellent phone etiquette with strong verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively
• Attention to detail for accurate data entry
• Non-studier - for this role, progression is limited

Full time role, Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm. Office based, no hyrid. Syston LE7