Accounts Assistant

SFM; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Contributory pension scheme

Life cover

Incapacity benefits

Cash Back Medical Scheme

Job summary

SFM Coventry in the West Midlands is seeking an Accounts Assistant to support day-to-day processing of financial transactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance across ledgers while maintaining tight controls.

You will assist with sales and purchase ledgers, supplier payments, cash and expenses, drive process improvements, and help sustain audit trails in a growing medical devices business. The role is permanent, part-time (3 days per week) and offers pension, life cover and a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Relevant financial qualification or equivalent experience (QBE).
• Familiarity with double-entry accounting is essential.
• Experience with ERP accounting software is essential.
• Ability to identify and deliver process improvements, efficiencies or cost savings.
• Familiarity with accounting in a multiproduct environment is beneficial.
• Intermediate IT skills with Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint are essential.
• Good communication skills translating financial requirements to staff.
• Ability to work independently and in a team; maintain audit trails.
• Proactive time management, prioritisation and meeting tight deadlines.
• Experience in a Quality/Compliance environment is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Process day-to-day transactions in the Sales ledger and apply relevant controls.
• Facilitate timely debt collection from customers.
• Process day-to-day transactions in the Purchase ledger and apply relevant controls.
• Propose supplier payment runs for management approval.
• Handle cash, company credit cards, expenses and journals with controls.
• Increase automation and improve finance processes using current technology.
• Maintain and update documentation of process flows and procedures with controls.
• Recommend improvements to procedures and controls to the Finance Director.

Skills

Double-entry accounting

ERP software

MS Office

Communication skills

Teamwork

Time management

Audit trail

Quality/Compliance

Process improvement

Multi-product accounting

Education

Relevant Financial Qualification or QBE

Tools

ERP accounting software

Job description

Accounts Assistant

Location: Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 2RQ
Salary: Competitive, DOE
Contract: Permanent, Part Time - 3 days per week

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life cover
• Incapacity benefits
• Cash Back Medical Scheme

About the Company

We are an innovative medical devices manufacturer of advanced wound care products, including combination products, from gelling fibres and fabrics. We deliver innovative, cost effective and quality products and solutions for the advanced wound care industry helping to improve patient care and wellbeing.

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as an Accounts Assistant. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting and overseeing systems for day to day processing of financial transactions, processing those transactions in a timely manner operating appropriate controls and making recommendations for improvements in processing and controls.

Duties to include

• Responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate processing of all day-to-day transactions within the Sales ledger as well as operating all required controls in this area.
• Facilitating on time collection of debt from customers.
• Responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate processing of all day-to-day transactions within the Purchase ledger as well as operating all required controls in this area.
• Proposing payment run of suppliers for management approval.
• Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate processing of all day-to-day transactions relating to cash, company credit card, expenses and journals as well as operating all required controls in these areas.
• Increasing automation within finance and improve finance processes using latest technology available.
• Maintain and update appropriate documentation of process flow and specific procedures including control mechanisms to ensure smooth audit.
• Recommend improvements to procedures, controls, process flows and mandates to the Finance Director for their authorisation and deliver the improvement, updating those procedures and process flows where necessary.

Key skills / abilities

• Relevant Financial Qualification or QBE.
• Familiarity with double entry accounting is essential.
• Prior experience of an ERP accounting software is essential.
• Being able to successfully identify and deliver process improvements, efficiencies or cost savings is essential.
• Familiarity with accounting techniques employed in a multiproduct environment is beneficial.
• Intermediate level of IT skills including Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point is essential.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to translate financial requirements to staff are essential.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team is essential.Good organisation skills and being adept at leaving a good audit trail is essential.
• Proactive attitude to time management and prioritisation and ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure is essential.
• Experience of working within a Quality / Compliance environment is beneficial.
• Ability to get on with and influence people internally to achieve objectives is beneficial.

Important Information

Due to the number of applications we receive, we will only contact those candidates that we want to take forward to interview; if you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.