Senior Finance Assistant — Credit Control & Payroll

Farrer Barnes Ltd; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Job summary

Farrer Barnes Ltd, based on the outskirts of Canterbury, is recruiting a Senior Finance Assistant on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role covers two businesses with responsibility for credit control, ledgers, banking, invoicing and payroll administration.

You will support month-end, banking and stock records while working closely with Directors. Ideal candidates will have experience across sales and purchase ledgers, credit control and payroll processing, with strong organisational and

Qualifications

• Experience in a varied accounts or finance role with end-to-end responsibilities.
• Confident in credit control and collecting outstanding payments.
• Experience with sales ledger, purchase ledger, invoicing and banking.
• Able to handle reconciliations, payment runs and month-end reporting.
• Strong organisational skills to manage a varied workload and deadlines.
• Excellent communication with customers, suppliers and senior management.

Responsibilities

• Managing customer and supplier accounts, including setting up new accounts and credit checks.
• Overseeing credit control, chasing outstanding debt and keeping accounts up to date.
• Producing monthly debt reports for Directors and live debtor reports for senior management meetings.
• Processing sales and purchase invoices, including manual invoices and credit notes.
• Allocating customer receipts, supplier payments and payment journals.
• Preparing supplier payment runs and managing payment arrangements.
• Completing bank and credit card reconciliations.
• Issuing customer statements and checking supplier statements.
• Monitoring intercompany transfers and maintaining records across both businesses.
• Preparing monthly sales figures and supporting month-end reporting.
• Raising purchase orders, placing orders and tracking deliveries and stock records.
• Processing monthly payroll payments, including PAYE, CIS and salary deductions.
• Managing staff expenses and reimbursements.
• Handling day-to-day accounts queries from customers, suppliers and internal colleagues.

Skills

Credit control

Sales ledger

Purchase ledger

Payroll administration

Banking

Month-end reporting

Tools

Excel

Accounting software

Job description

Farrer Barnes Ltd, based on the outskirts of Canterbury, is recruiting a Senior Finance Assistant on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role covers two businesses with responsibility for credit control, ledgers, banking, invoicing and payroll administration.

You will support month-end, banking and stock records while working closely with Directors. Ideal candidates will have experience across sales and purchase ledgers, credit control and payroll processing, with strong organisational and