Finance Assistant Newcastle/Hybrid

We are looking for a Finance Assistant to join our Broadway Travel Finance team.

The candidate needs to have proven experience of working within a similar role, have excellent numerical, reconciliation and problem-solving skills and good knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Role Summary

The role and responsibilities will cover all Limited Companies within the Group, and is primarily as follows:

Day-to-day management of the Debtor Ledgers including all aspects of credit control which includes liaising with internal teams, end customers and external agents. The role also covers other general finance and administration duties.

Responsibilities Performing general credit control including chasing of any aged debt across all Debtor Ledgers Liaising with internal teams, end customers and external trade agents to resolve outstanding queries. Contacting customers by email and telephone to ensure holiday payments are received in a timely manner. Management of Trade Debtor ledger to include raising debtor statements in line with agreed terms, allocating payments in sales system and posting in Sage. Prepare weekly Debtor update for senior management. Performing pre-set up checks on new Trade Debtor accounts. Management of the Sales ledger in Sage ensuring invoices are raised, posted and payment received in line with agreed terms. Reconciliation of inter-company accounts. Posting customer bank transfers, bank charges, interest received and any other adhoc charges in Sage. Processing manual payments on a PDQ machine in accordance with company policy. Management and processing of client refunds. Perform continuous bank reconciliations for all bank accounts in all currencies including company credit/debit cards. Manage and action various departmental mailboxes with regards to query resolution. Ensuring procedural notes are continuously reviewed and updated. To perform additional duties appropriate to the job role as and when required. Continuous review of processes to ensure efficiencies are identified and implemented.

Skills & Experience Proven experience working within a similar role. Excellent attention to detail. Excellent reconciliation and problem-solving skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to develop and maintain strong and effective working relationships with a wide range of people across all levels. Excellent planning and organisational skills including the ability to work to meet deadlines and prioritise workloads of yourself and team members. Ability to work on own initiative as well as a member of a team. Advanced Excel skills. Ability to use Microsoft packages – e.g. Word, Outlook.

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