At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage purchase ledger, cash allocation, and supplier funding in a dynamic finance team.
- Company: Join a growing business with a busy Finance team focused on accuracy and efficiency.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, supportive work environment, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with opportunities for continuous improvement and career advancement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on financial operations while developing your finance skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in finance roles, strong attention to detail, and proficiency in Excel.
We are recruiting a Senior Accounts Assistant to join a busy Finance team within a growing business.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional to take responsibility for purchase ledger administration, customer cash allocation, direct debit processing and supplier funding recoveries.
The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records, ensuring strong financial controls and improving the efficiency of finance operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Process supplier invoices and credit notes accurately and within agreed deadlines.
- Reconcile supplier statements, investigate discrepancies and resolve invoice queries relating to pricing, shortages, damages and returns.
- Prepare supplier payment runs and maintain accurate supplier records and approval trails.
- Download and reconcile daily bank transactions, post customer receipts and allocate cash accurately.
- Investigate unidentified and unallocated receipts and support bank reconciliations.
- Prepare direct debit collection files, reconcile successful collections and maintain mandate records.
- Monitor failed direct debits and liaise with Credit Control to ensure timely follow-up.
- Raise supplier recharge invoices and recover promotional funding, rebates and agreed trading support.
- Monitor outstanding supplier funding balances and manage free-of-charge (FOC) stock claims.
- Support month-end close, ledger reconciliations, VAT compliance and audit requirements.
- Identify processing errors, duplicate payments and opportunities to improve financial controls.
- Work collaboratively with Purchasing, Commercial, Logistics, Warehousing, Credit Control and the wider Finance team.
About You
- Previous experience in purchase ledger, accounts payable or a similar finance role.
- Experience in a high-volume transactional environment.
- Good understanding of supplier reconciliations, invoice processing and financial controls.
- Experience with cash allocation, bank reconciliations and finance systems.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and an understanding of purchase orders, goods receipting and VAT.
- Excellent attention to detail, numerical accuracy and organisational skills.
- A proactive, professional approach with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Experience in wholesale, logistics, distribution or manufacturing would be advantageous. AAT part-qualified status is desirable.
- Salary & Working Hours
The salary is £30,000–£35,000 per annum, dependent on experience.
Candidates seeking the upper end of the salary range must demonstrate proven, relevant experience in a similar role.
The position offers 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based in Brighouse.
How to Apply
If you have relevant finance experience and are looking for a varied role where you can contribute to accurate financial processing, effective supplier relationships and continuous improvement, we would welcome your application
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