Accounts Assistant (Sales and Purchase Ledger

Accounts Assistant (Sales and Purchase Ledger) | Permanent | up to £30,000

The Company

My client is in the construction sector

• Data Input
• Uploading bank transactions, posting of receipts to cashbook.
• Issuing of sales orders checking accuracy of information and availability of credit and agreed terms.
• Processing of sales invoices ensuring accuracy against orders, including input on to e-invoicing systems where required.
• Processing of purchase invoices onto the Finance system.
• Subcontract ledger including CIS returns and insurance file maintenance.
• Accounts Administration
• Ledger queries both from internal and external sources.
• Issuing and reconciliation of statements.
• Account maintenance to ensure company information and contacts are correct on the system.
• Month end closure and reconciliation of ledgers to balance sheet.
• Provide cashflow information to the Financial Controller/Management Accountant.

• Contact customers prior to the due date to ensure payments are received on time.
• Highlight issues/queries to relevant personnel to quickly resolve problems.
• Maintain accurate notes on the system and follow up where necessary.
• Appropriate development of customer relationships enabling timely payments to ensure outstanding cash is received in a timely manner.
• Providing feedback of information to relevant departments obtained from the customer.

• Experience of working in with Sales and Purchase Ledgers.
• Sound customer relations experience (desirable).
• Basic accounts skills (desirable).
• Competence in IT skills including MS Office, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

• Basic knowledge of accounting (desirable).
• Educated to at least GCSE level or equivalent in English and Math’s.