Accounts Assistant Department

Location: Huntingdon

Salary: From £28,000.00 - £34,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: 12‐14 month Maternity cover, Full‐time position, Hybrid

The role of the Accounts Assistant works to ensure that the account records within the business are processed with accuracy in a timely manner. It is a support role for the whole finance function of the group and is likely to have exposure to a variety of responsibilities. The initial focus is on customer credit provision and hold, and aged debtor chasing. The role also supports a variety of transactional work, month‐end close procedures and generally supports finance leadership.

• Pool of Accounts Assistants working together to ensure transactions for the group are processed efficiently and correctly
• Supporting the finance function across all companies within the group
• Contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the finance department by assisting peers, management, and finance leaders in identifying and implementing improved processes and procedures
• Work to meet deadlines in accordance with the month‐end close timetable
• Complete accurate month‐end reporting and reconciliations
• Perform review and housekeeping checks to ensure the ledgers are tidy
• Complete various financial transactional requirements across the group, which may include, but are not guaranteed or limited to:

• Updating journals and ledgers as required
• Processing supplier, customer, and inter‐company transactions accurately onto the system (including any matching required)
• Proactively dealing with customer, supplier and internal queries and variances, supporting effective and efficient resolution
• Chasing customer receipts; identifying and rectifying issues or errors noted in financial records; preparing and processing payment runs

• Actively manage customer credit limits in line with Company policy
• Manage and clear relevant credit hold queues on a regular basis ensuring a consistent flow of orders
• Work closely with the sales and customer support teams to resolve queries and issues, scheduling and running cross‐department catch‐ups on issues
• Proactively manage accounts 'on‐stop', driving timely resolution
• Complete daily batch invoicing, or review the output of any automated processes to ensure customers are receiving invoices on a timely basis

• Run D365 debt reports and manipulate in Excel for tracking, chasing and issues
• Follow the Company procedure to support the chasing of outstanding invoices by telephone, email, letter, etc.
• Coordinate and raise commission for distributors on a quarterly basis

• 3 years experience, and keenness to learn and work with a team and cross departments
• Experience with financial reconciliations
• Understanding of accounting processes
• Ready and able to exercise initiative
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Numerical and problem‐solving skills
• Confident in accounting systems, and quick to learn
• Good Excel ability to manipulate and amend reports
• Good general Microsoft Office abilities – Outlook, Sharepoint, etc.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills

Basic salary based on experience. Additional benefits include Company Healthcare, Company pension (5% contribution), Company Sick Pay, Critical Illness cover, Life Assurance cover, 22 days Annual Leave (rising to 25 days), free car parking, free tea and coffee, and social events during the year.