At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our finance team to manage customer receipts and support bank reconciliations.
- Company: GBA Global Solutions, a leading family-owned logistics company with a strong reputation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid work model, holiday loyalty scheme, and learning opportunities.
- Other info: Exciting career growth potential in a top 50 UK logistics company.
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team in a thriving logistics environment and grow your finance skills.
- Qualifications: Finance or accounting qualification preferred; experience in sales ledger processing is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 31000 - 31000 £ per year.
Location: On site / Brindley Pl, Birmingham B1 2JB, UK
Job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Supply Chain | Logistics
Annual Salary range: from £27,000.00 to £30,000.00
Salary: £27,000 to £30,000 (FTE) (depending on skills and experience)
DAYS/HOURS: Monday - Friday 39 hours
BASE: Hybrid (2 to 3 Days in Birmingham office)
Role: An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced, proactive, and diligent accounts assistant to join our finance team. Reporting to the Finance Manager, this role will be responsible for the posting and allocation of customer receipts to the sales ledger, supporting the verification of sales income in the general ledger, reconciling customer statements, and contributing to the weekly/monthly bank reconciliation process. Working in collaboration with the Credit Controller and the operations team to resolve customer invoice queries to ensure a reconciled, accurate sales ledger is always maintained. The ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience of working in the transport and logistics sector, or a similar environment.
Company: GBA Global Solutions provides 24/7/365 UK national and global coverage from two main control centres and two hubs, focussed on domestic and European aerospace & airside logistics services (branded as ‘GBA Skyway’), and global forwarding. GBA Global Solutions is part of the GBA Logistics group, which has been delivering logistics solutions since 1987 and is a leading family-owned logistics company, operating in the top 50 Logistics Companies in the UK with annual turnover in excess of £100m.
Main Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Posting and allocation of customer receipts from customer remittances
- Customer statements review and reconciliation
- Resolution of customer queries
- Weekly/monthly bank reconciliation
Key Skills & Experience:
- Ideally, we would like you to have a recognised finance or accounting qualification (e.g. AAT)
- Sales ledger processing and administration
- Ledger/control account, and bank reconciliations
- Communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Use of various accounting & reporting software systems (Sage)
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Holiday loyalty scheme
- Learning and Development opportunities
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