Finance Assistant

A newly created role for a Finance Assistant / Accounts Receivable Assistant is required by a small but dynamic team for this Swindon based chemical company. The Finance / AR Assistant will support the Accounts Manager to help deliver a high performing transactional AR function to a number of business units.

Key responsibilities of the Finance / Accounts Receivable (AR) Assistant role include :

• Working as part of a team in the newly created Finance Shared Service Centre, providing a service to business units
• Processing and issuing sales invoices from SAP
• Running and issuing customer statements from SAP
• Reconciling customer accounts in case of query/unallocated cash
• Order release – seeking approval to release orders over the credit limit, working to tight deadlines
• Reconciliation of AR to GL
• Maintenance of customer master data on SAP
• Credit checks using D&B
• Monthly review of AR ledgers
• Customer complaints and bad debt provisions
• Processing AP invoices for intercompany suppliers
• Supporting the transactional processing team with AP processing during periods of absence or high volumes

Key for the role is enthusiasm for delivering accurate results within timeframes with a positive attitude to their work. You will need to be organised, accurate and have good Excel skills. Experience of working within a SSC would also be an advantage and in return you will receive a salary of between £20k-£23k + excellent benefits