Finance Assistant

Reporting directly to the Finance Manager you will support all day to day accounting activities including handling the purchase and sales invoicing processes through to payment and collection for approximately 9 -12 months maternity leave. 

More specifically you will be responsible for the following:

• Sales Invoicing including checking paperwork from the sales team through credit checking, signing off, raising invoices and posting to Sage
• Meet weekly with all divisional administrators to monitor job status’ and invoice requirements as the projects progress and reach completion
• Raising monthly statements, run off the Aged Analysis, invoice chasing and collections via phone, email and letter
• Processing received payments via cheque, BACS, CHAPS, or Credit card.
• Cash allocation on Sage and daily banking
• Manage purchase ledger processing function and allocation of workload between Finance Assistant and Accounts Administrator including: reconciliation of delivery notes with invoices and processing through to payments on supplier account
• Monthly reconciling of employee expenses on Credit Card

We are looking for a person with a proven skill set in an accounting role, ideally with a degree or studying towards the AAT qualification. Knowledge of Sage or a project based work environment would also be helpful. You will have a flexible work approach, be able to react quickly to changes and multitask under pressure. You will possess confident interpersonal skills with people at all levels.