Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant

Cradley Heath

Monday to Thursday 7:30am to 4:00pm, Friday 7:30am to 3:00pm

12.71 per hour

Temporary to permanent

Role Summary

This role is responsible for the day-to-day processing of sales and purchase ledger transactions, general ledger journal input, bank reconciliation, and a range of administrative and reception support duties. Utilising Sage 1000 and Excel to maintain accurate financial records and support the wider finance team.

Sales Ledger

Produce daily and monthly sales reports

Process daily sales invoicing

Run daily bank downloads and save to Dropbox

Update the Excel cash book

Process Sales Ledger receipts on Sage SL

Download various reports from Sage into Excel

Input Sales Ledger journals to Sage 1000 (including cash book journals and suspense journals)

Run weekly Tensor reports

Purchase Ledger

Run daily bank downloads and save to Dropbox

Update the Excel cash book

Process Purchase Ledger payments on Sage PL

Match PL invoices, post to Sage, and obtain payment authorisation

Maintain electronic records of documents and transactions

Agree customs documents (e.g. duty amounts)

Process expenses claims and staff purchases

Check and reconcile supplier statements

Input Purchase Ledger journals to Sage 1000 (including cash book journals, suspense journals, petty cash, journal vouchers, correction journal vouchers, etc.)

General Ledger

Input General Ledger journals to Sage 1000 (including GL JVs, correction JVs, and wages JVs)

Scan and save documents to the appropriate location

Obtain updated fuel mileage rates from (url removed) on a quarterly basis and notify relevant staff accordingly

Further Duties

Assist with stock counts

Scan documents and save to Dropbox

Set up and maintain electronic records for new supplier and new customer accounts (PL and SL documents)

File bank statements

File and distribute various letters and correspondence

Answer telephone calls and transfer to the appropriate person where required

Assist with reception cover

Open and distribute the post

Any other duties as requested in line with the needs of the business

Experience Required

Good IT skills
- Excel/Word/Outlook/Dropbox
- Essential

Sage Line 1000 or similar (preferable not essential)

Credit control/ Sales ledger (preferable not essential)

Prior Purchase Ledger experience (preferable not essential)

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