Accounts Assistant

Location: Shropshire

Accounts Assistant

Shrewsbury

Permanent

Monday to Friday 9:00am - 5:30pm

Salary - £26,000 - £28,000 per annum

We are recruiting for a well-established business based in Shrewsbury. The successful candidate will take responsibility of managing the daily accounting routines.

You will be responsible for:

* Maintain and manage a sales ledger, including generating regular payment demands, receipting incoming funds, and monitoring outstanding balances.

* Administer client accounts by allocating received funds, applying relevant fees, and issuing accurate statements.

* Perform regular bank account reconciliations to ensure financial accuracy and identify discrepancies.

* Oversee the handling of held funds, including receipting, transferring to designated accounts, reconciling records, and processing timely returns where required.

* Open and close individual accounts in line with operational requirements.

* Process card and other electronic payments, ensuring correct allocation across accounts.

* Complete periodic compliance checks to ensure adherence to regulatory and internal standards.

Skills and Experience

Experience of working in a similar accounts role would be preferred. The successful candidate will need good attention to detail and ability to keep accurate records. Have good communication skills, both written and verbal and be a competent IT user, to include Excel, Word, Outlook etc.

The application process:

Our mission is to support our clients in their creation of an equal, diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to providing a barrier-free recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable accessibility adjustments within the application process, then please make it known at the earliest opportunity.

We will carefully consider your details and advise you if we're able to progress with your application within 72 working hours. If you do not hear from us within this time your details won’t be retained. So, if you're not successful on this occasion, do continue to respond to future roles we advertise. In the meantime, all good wishes and continued success with your search for employment.

About Us

Prince Personnel are an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Whether you’re seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment or contract you’ll find us easy to deal with. Located in thriving Telford, we focus on jobs in Shropshire, Staffordshire and North Wales. Prince Personnel specialise in commercial, accounts and finance and technical recruitment. With the best jobs around we are an independent agency working hard for you.

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