Senior Accounts Assistant

Lipton Media; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading events company in London is seeking a Senior Accounts Assistant to support their accounts team. The role involves managing credit control, sales and purchase ledgers, and payroll tasks. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar position and possess excellent communication skills, along with proficiency in Oracle, NetSuite, and Excel. The position offers a hybrid working model with competitive compensation and benefits.

Benefits

Excellent Benefits

Qualifications

• Demonstrated track record of working with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to extract information from databases.
• Team player comfortable working with personnel across different functional groups.

Responsibilities

• Implement company’s Credit Control Policy and establish terms of credit.
• Renegotiate payment terms and initiate legal action to recover debts.
• Reduce outstanding debtors balance by chasing payments.
• Issue statements and reminder letters.
• Monitor and report on aged debtors reports.

Skills

Experience in a similar role

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Working knowledge of Oracle

Working knowledge of NetSuite

Intermediate Excel proficiency

Intermediate Word proficiency

Intermediate Outlook proficiency

Tools

Oracle

NetSuite

Concur Expenses Management

Sage Payroll

Job description

Leading b2b events business seeks an experienced Senior Accounts Assistant to join their business. We are looking for a highly experienced, enthusiastic, results‑focused person to support the accounts team. The Senior Accounts Assistant is responsible for credit control, sales and purchase ledger and payroll. Having the ability to work well in a fast‑paced environment with non‑negotiable deadlines is a necessity.

Senior Accounts Assistant

Hybrid Working

London

£30,000 - £35,000 + Excellent Benefits

Responsibilities

• Implement company’s Credit Control Policy and establish terms of credit to ensure timely payment by customers.
• Renegotiate payment terms and initiate legal action to recover debts if necessary.
• Reduce outstanding debtors balance by chasing payments using telephone, email, or letter.
• Issue statements and reminder letters.
• Dealing with debt collection agencies.
• Monitor and report on aged debtors reports weekly or as required.
• Clear sales ledger account balances and keep the sales ledger tidy.
• Responsible for refund and credit note process.
• Carry out general accounting and administrative work.
• Process invoicing/credit card expenses from purchase order posting in NetSuite to payment.
• Handle banking – postings, payments, refunds, statements and reconciliations.
• Perform credit card reconciliations.
• Manage purchase ledger resources and deal with day‑to‑day queries regarding suppliers and customers.

Essential Skills, Traits and Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrated track record of working with cross‑functional teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Oracle, NetSuite, Concur Expenses Management, Sage Payroll.
• Intermediate Excel, Word & Outlook proficiency.
• Ability to extract information from databases.
• Team player comfortable working with and gaining commitment from personnel across different functional groups.