Accounts Technician

Accounts Assistant
Location: Crossmaglen
Salary: £30,000 per annumContract: 3-month temporary contract with potential to become permanent
Vickerstock are proud to be working in partnership with a growing manufacturing business in Crossmaglen to recruit an Accounts Assistant on an initial 3-month temporary basis, with the potential for the position to become permanent for the right candidate.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Accounts Assistant with a manufacturing background to join a busy finance function and play an important role across day-to-day accounts, stock reconciliation and month-end activities.
The successful candidate will ideally be available to start as soon as possible and will be confident working collaboratively across finance and non-finance teams. You will need to be proactive, professional and comfortable identifying issues and improving existing processes.
The Role

• Reconcile stock records between warehouse, production and finance systems.
• Investigate and resolve stock discrepancies with relevant teams.
• Calculate purchase price and other manufacturing variances.
• Process and post supplier invoices and payments.
• Place purchase orders as required and ensure spend is appropriately authorised.
• Assist with cash-flow reporting and supplier payment runs.
• Maintain accurate and well-organised financial records.
• Deal with supplier queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Record bank receipts and payments using Sage.
• Complete supplier statement, bank and balance sheet reconciliations as part of month-end procedures.
• Manage the shared finance email account.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and reduce manual administration.
• Provide general finance and administrative support as required.

What We're Looking For

• Previous Accounts Assistant or similar experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and good financial acumen.
• Experience with stock reconciliations and inventory records.
• Strong working knowledge of Sage 200.
• Excellent Excel and general systems skills.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proactive, practical and able to use initiative to investigate and resolve issues.
• Professional communication skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues across the wider business.
• Part-qualified accountant or accounting studies would be advantageous but are not essential.

What's on Offer?

• Immediate start available.
• Genuine opportunity for the role to become permanent.
• Opportunity to work within a growing manufacturing environment and gain broad, hands-on finance experience.

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Ruairi McCann, Recruitment Manager at Vickerstock
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