Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant
Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 DOE
Location: Sheffield
 

• Are you a numbers-person with a background in the manufacturing industry?
• Are you looking for a role where you’re more than your job title?
• Ready for a new challenge where you can really develop your skills?

 
If you answered yest to the above, then keep reading! This could be the opportunity for you.
 
The Role and Opportunity
In this varied role, you’ll be responsible for a wide range of responsibilities for a well-established, successful leader in the manufacturing industry. Now stepping into a larger global territory, it’s time to grow the finance team. Reporting into the Head of Finance, you’ll handle new accounts, ensuring credit checks are obtained and approving credit limits, along with debt chasing. You can also expect to:

• Process customer receipts ensuring they are accurately allocated to accounts
• Reconcile debtor lists with the Sales Ledger control account to keep records up to date
• Handle customer disputes - resolving queries quickly or escalating when needed
• Check, match and enter invoices and expenses
• Prepare and process payments via BACS or cheque once approved
• Investigate and resolve invoice or ledger discrepancies, keeping finances on track
• Set up and maintain supplier accounts, ensuring all details are correct
• Reconcile aged creditors with nominal ledgers for financial accuracy

 
The Ideal Candidate
It goes without saying that, as our ideal candidate, you’ll have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, along with a great understanding of Microsoft office packages. It is preferred that you have around 5 years of experience, whether this is qualified or unqualified. You’ll also have:

• Great organisational skills
• The ability to build rapport with a multitude of people 
• A keen eye for detail, taking pride in your work 

 
If the above sounds of interest to you, then click to apply! Or, if you’d like to know more, pick up the phone, call Pertemps (Leeds) and ask for Katie Miller!