Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant

DE55, Derbyshire

Monday – Friday 8:30am – 4:30pm

£30,000 - £35,000

Looking for someone to start asap

Job Purpose

Responsible for transactional work within the sales and purchase ledgers, cash book processing, point of sale income and provide front line response to any financial queries for the organisation.

You will work closely with the Financial Controller to provide month end support, routine financial reporting and process improvements, whilst ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial data to audit standard.

Job Responsibilities

Manage and maintain both the sales and purchase ledgers using Xero and related systems

Process sales and purchase invoices and credit notes accurately, making sure they are correctly coded

Match purchase invoices to purchase orders (where needed), check they are approved and post them correctly

Create and track purchase orders to keep commitments up to date

Set up and manage customer and supplier accounts, ensuring records are accurate

Carry out daily, weekly and monthly reporting

Keep all financial records organised and up to date (digital or paper)

Supporting the Financial Controller with month end duties

Handle credit control tasks

Process employee expenses in line with company procedures

Record cash transactions and regularly reconcile them with bank statements

Support the preparation of monthly management accounts

Reconciling control accounts accurately

Helping analyse differences between actual results and budgets

Checking that all financial data in Xero and related systems is complete and accurate

Assisting the Financial Controller with ad hoc tasks

Follow company policies, internal controls and audit requirements when handling financial data

Communicate with colleagues, customers and suppliers to resolve queries and maintain good working relationships

Keep financial procedure documents up to date

Experience:

Ideally have knowledge of Xero BUT not essential

Good IT skills

Intermediate Excel skills

Numeracy and accuracy in transactional work

Transactional input

Ability to multi-task

Excellent attention to detail

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