Finance Assistant - Carlton Recruitment : Job Details

Finance Assistant

Full-Time Temporary

Starting ASAP and an on-going booking

Full-time office based 37.5 hour week

£15-17 per hour

EC1 area

Our client is looking for an experienced Finance Assistant, you will be responsible for the timely entry of accounting transactions in the accounting system.

Key Responsibilities as a Finance Assistant:

Sales Ledger/Credit Control

• Raise and send termly SEN invoices.
• Reconcile customer accounts to ensure outstanding balances are complete and accurate.
• Send statements to bill-payers and correspond to chase any unpaid debt (by phone, email, letter etc) on a weekly basis.
• Ensure appropriate action is taken regarding any unpaid monies e.g. referral to group debt collection service.
• Deal with bill-payer queries and requests.

Purchase Ledger

• Ensure the purchasing process is correctly followed.
• Ensure correct G/L coding and adequate description.
• Supplier invoices are scanned and matched with the PO.
• Ensure all credit card transactions are fully processed, with invoices / receipts scanned and processed via SIMS Finance.
• Reconcile supplier accounts to ensure outstanding balances are complete and accurate.
• To download monthly utility and telecom bills
• Liaise with suppliers to deal with any queries.
• Liaise with purchasing team.

Bank and Cash

• Ensure correct and timely posting and allocation of bank, credit card and cash transactions.

General Ledger

• Collate and provide information for monthly journals for example: accruals, deferred income, prepayments, accrued income etc.
• Produce reconciliations.
• Provide information and answer queries of Finance teams as required.
• Assist with internal and external auditor queries.

Key Requirements:

• Accountant / Bookkeeper / Administrator experience.
• Experience using SIMS an advantage.
• AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) or similar qualification preferred but "Qualified by Experience" is welcomed.
• Experienced and confident user of accounting software and IT generally.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Self-starter, able to carry out complex account reconciliations.
• Willing to take on varying projects and other administrative tasks, as required, in a small office team.
• Pleasant, professional manner in dealing with colleagues, suppliers etc.

Disclaimer: Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles, unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from one of our consultants within 14 days then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role.