New Job - Accounting Assistant - Reading - md

People First Team Japan/ピープルファーストチームジャパン; Greater London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

People First Team Japan/ピープルファーストチームジャパン seeks an Accounting Assistant for its Reading location to maintain financial records and support invoicing and receivables. A degree in accounting/finance or relevant experience, plus strong Excel skills, are preferred.

The role involves collaborating with the Sales and Finance teams to ensure accuracy and timely processing, with a salary up to £32k. The successful candidate will be organized, detail-oriented, and capable of working independently or as

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field preferred.
• Previous experience in accounting or finance support role preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Good working knowledge of Excel functions.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently while being a good team player.
• Proactive and positive approach to problem-solving.
• Willingness to learn and develop within Finance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate customer insurance records and update receivables and receipt information.
• Manage and update sales policies and issue invoices in the internal system.
• Handle Customer Discounts and communicate payment details with Sales/Customers.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial and administrative records.
• Review employee expenses.
• Collaborate with Finance Manager and Sales team to ensure tasks are completed accurately and efficiently.

Skills

Degree in Accounting

Finance experience

Accounting support

Verbal & written communication

Excel proficiency

Organizational skills

Independent worker

Team player

Problem solving

Willingness to learn

Education

Degree in Accounting

Tools

Excel

Job description

JobTitle:AccountingAssistant-Reading

TheSkillsYou'llNeed:DegreeinAccounting,financeorpreviousexperienceinasimilaraccountingorfinancesupportrole.

YourNewSalary:upto£32k,dependingonexperience

Officebased

Perm

Start:ASAP

AccountingAssistant-Reading-WhatYou'llbeDoing:

• Maintainaccuratecustomerinsurancerecordsandupdatereceivablesandreceiptinformationontheinsuranceportal.
• Manageandregularlyupdatesalespoliciesandrelatedinformation,issuetheinvoicesintheinternalsystem.
• CustomerDiscountManagement.
• CommunicatewiththeSalesteamandcustomersoncustomerpaymentandregisteritinsystem.
• Maintainaccurateandup-to-datefinancialandadministrativerecords.
• employeeexpensereview.
• WorkcloselywiththeFinanceManagerandSalesteamtoensurefinance-relatedtasksarecompletedaccuratelyandefficiently.

AccountingAssistant-Reading-TheSkillsYou'llNeedtoSucceed:

• AdegreeinAccounting,Financeorarelevantfieldispreferred.
• Previousexperienceinasimilaraccountingorfinancesupportroleispreferred.
• Goodverbalandwrittencommunicationskills.
• Strongattentiontodetailandahighlevelofaccuracy.
• GoodworkingknowledgeExcel,includingcommonlyusedfunctions.
• Strongorganisationalskillsandtheabilitytomanagemultipletasksandpriorities.
• Self-motivatedandabletoworkindependently,whilealsobeinganeffectiveteamplayer.
• Aproactiveandpositiveapproachtoproblem-solving.
• WillingnesstolearnanddevelopwithintheFinancefunction.

Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability.