Finance Assistant

Eaton Syalon Ltd; Alfreton CP; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Finance Assistant for their client in Alfreton, UK. This office-based role focuses on producing sales invoices and managing both customer and supplier accounts. Ideal candidates will have previous experience in sales and purchase ledger. Availability for immediate start is preferred, and the position offers a temporary to permanent contract with a working schedule of 37.5 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Experience in sales ledger and/or purchase ledger is ideal.
• Immediate availability preferred for the temporary to permanent role.

Responsibilities

• Produce sales invoices for services.
• Deal with invoice queries and assist with purchase ledger processing.
• Manage customer and supplier accounts.

Skills

Sales ledger exposure

Purchase ledger experience

Data entry

Customer Account management

Supplier Account management

Job description

Eaton Syalon are working with a client in Alfreton (North Derbyshire) to recruit a Finance Assistant into their Accounts team. The role is being recruited on a temporary to permanent basis and would be ideal for candidates who have previous exposure to sales ledger and/or purchase ledger.
You'll work closely with the finance team to ensure all areas of sales invoicing are controlled and will ensure payment from customers are collected within agreed terms. Overtime, the role will evolve with further finance tasks to support the team but will initially have a sales ledger focus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Producing sales invoices for the Service
• Dealing with invoice queries
• Raising and issuing capital sales invoices on an ad hoc basis
• Data entry of employee credit card returns
• Assist with the processing of purchase ledger invoices
• Customer Account set up and management
• Supplier Account set up and management
• Review and reconciliation of supplier statements
• Reconciliation of Postponed VAT & Duty Deferment accounts with HMRC
• Weekly cash balance reporting and cash reconciliation
• Shared responsibility for departmental admin including scanning, filing and answering the telephone

This position is office based, 9am-5pm, 37.5 hours per week. It's a temporary to permanent role so you will ideally be available immediately or at short notice.