Assistant Accountant
- Recruiter
- MRK Associates Ltd
- Location
- England, Hertfordshire, St. Albans
- Salary
- £26000 - £30000 per annum
- Posted
- 17 Aug 2017
- Closes
- 24 Aug 2017
- Ref
- MRK888719
- Contact
- Aidan Murray
- Job Title
- Accounts Assistant
- Category
- Accountancy Practice
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Assistant Accountant
Based in St Albans, our client is an established and forward-thinking technology business looking for an Assistant Accountant to join the team on a permanent basis.
This job would suit an experienced finance professional with 4-5 years' exposure in an all-round role, covering Purchase Ledger, Credit Control and Sales Ledger. The role also covers invoice authorisation, accurate coding, supplier statement reconciliation and liaison with their European team daily.
This company has over 20 years' experience within IT internationally and they are growing year on year, securing a lot of repeat business and focusing on a customer centric approach.
The successful individual will have strong organisational skills and a sound ability to prioritise. You will also effectively multi-task and be able to switch between multiple currencies. The candidate should have competent Excel skills with experience in a similar role to this one.
Duties will include:
- Controlling the sales ledger, looking after the 24-hour service level agreement on all invoicing from request
- Attention to accuracy not only in terms of coding but in multi currencies and often bespoke billing
- Submission of invoices to HSBC factoring for invoice finance
- Inputting and preparing payment runs for the management sign off in Europe and upload to the bank
- Provide weekly analysis on the group credit control
- Updating of overdue debtor's report for distribution to Senior Management and escalating where required