Finance Assistant

Agility Resoucing; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established manufacturing group seeks a Purchase Ledger Clerk to join their dynamic finance team. The role includes managing purchase and sales ledgers, maintaining supplier and customer accounts, and ensuring accurate financial reporting. The successful candidate will have strong organisational skills and experience in a manufacturing environment, all while working in a supportive atmosphere with excellent benefits.

Benefits

33 days holiday per year

2 x salary Life Insurance

3% Company contribution to pension

Qualifications

• Experience in purchase and sales ledgers and credit control.
• Ability to plan and organise workload for timely completion.
• Pride in accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Enter and reconcile purchase invoices, process supplier payments.
• Manage customer accounts and maintain records on SYSPRO.
• Reconcile bank accounts and handle petty cash transactions.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Ability to prioritise tasks

Education

Experience in running purchase and sales ledgers

Manufacturing experience

Job description

Agility is delighted to work with a well-established and returning client of ours. This group was founded over 150 years ago and they have a turnover of over £15 million. This group started as a cotton weaver and throughout the years it has grown and developed to manufacture glass fibres, aramids and carbon fibre.

This role is joining a progressive and growing business, if you are looking for a role to join a fast, busy and supportive environment then this is the role for you…

What you will be doing:

This role is responsible for purchase ledger, credit control, cash books and other day-to-day financial activities of one of the businesses. You will be required to build relationships with all members of the team as well as the wider group.

• Enter purchase invoices onto SYSPRO via the purchase order processing system.
• Match purchase invoices with delivery notes and manual purchase orders, ensuring they are correctly coded and authorised.
• Reconcile supplier accounts to supplier statements, investigating and correcting any differences.
• Process supplier payment runs.
• Complete new supplier account applications and set up and maintain supplier accounts on SYSPRO.
• Liaise with suppliers with regard to payments to ensure supplies are not disrupted.
• Run sales invoices and credit notes.
• Issue monthly statements to customers.
• Post cash received (multi-currency).
• Liaise with customers and the sales team to ensure customers pay within terms.
• Manage new customer account applications and set up and maintain customer accounts on SYSPRO.
• Maintain and monitor credit insurance limits on an ongoing basis to ensure that all balances are insured.
• Post cash book entries for all bank accounts.
• Reconcile bank accounts to cash books.
• Petty cash transactions.
• Ad hoc duties that may arise from time to time.

About you:

• Experience in running purchase and sales ledgers and credit control.
• Ability to plan and organise own workload to ensure all tasks are completed in a timely manner.
• Attention to detail and a pride in own work to ensure all work is completed accurately.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks and develop good daily, weekly and monthly routines.
• Manufacturing experience

In return you will receive:

• 33 days holiday per year
• 2 x salary Life Insurance
• 3% Company contribution to pension

What's next?

• If you are interested in this role please apply now.
• If you would like to find out more then please get in touch.

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