Accounts Assistant - Elevation Recruitment Group : Job Details

Elevation Accountancy and Finance are delighted to be working with a fantastic business in Harrogate as they look to recruit an Accounts Assistant into their team on a full time, permanent basis.Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the day to day management of Accounts Payable and Receivable for 3 – 4 operating companies
• To provide excellent customer service, managing and maintaining good relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, in particular our key suppliers and customers
• To ensure that the purchase and sales ledgers are operated accurately, efficiently and to agreed timescales, posting supplier/customer invoices timely and accurately
• To set up new supplier and customer accounts and maintain existing account details within the purchase and sales ledgers
• Ensure that creditors are paid accurately and on time
• Ensure that customers are invoiced correctly, and debts are collected by payment due dates
• Responsibility for credit control of owned companies
• Responsible for the smooth operation of fortnightly payment runs, undertaking satisfactory checks to ensure the correct payments are made to the right creditors
• Use initiative to review and make suggestions to improve processes and procedures in relation accounting systems, reconciliation processes and procedures inn accordance with accounting policies, Company and Group requirements and best practice
• To carry out any other duties that may reasonably be required in line with your main duties

Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience of working within Accounts Payable and Receivable
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels, both internal and external to the company
• High level of accuracy and excellent attention to detail
• The ability to work autonomously and as part of a wider team, managing a diverse workload with a hands-on approach
• The ability to work flexibly and to deliver to tight deadlines
• IT literate with intermediate / advance Excel skills

If this looks like a role of interest then please get in touch.