Job Title: Accounts Assistant

Salary: £19,000 per annum

Location: Burgess Hill

Duration: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Thursday 8.30am – 5.00pm, Friday 8.30am – 3:00pm

Benefits: 20 days holiday + bank holidays, Christmas and New year office close, free tea and coffee

We are excited to be working with our established client in their search for an Accounts Assistant to join their team. This is an exciting role for a candidate looking to progress a career within Accounts at a junior level, who is willing to learn and develop their skills in the Accounts sector.

The Accounts Assistant will be responsible for correcting, processing and reconciling a wide variety of accounting documents such as invoices, departmental billings and reviewing financial information. As such, the ideal person will have previous knowledge of accounting terminology, excellent organisational skills, and attention to detail.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Sales Ledger:

* Entering data using Sage Line 50 and invoice processing through Sage Manufacturing

* Invoicing on a daily basis including customer specific portal invoicing

* Monitoring Credit Control on a daily, weekly and monthly basis

* Accounts receivable daily

* Generating monthly statements and email to customers

* Credit Checks as requested by sales team or management

* Maintaining customer records Sage / Credit control entries / account entries

Purchase Ledger:

* Payments and remittances emailed to suppliers

* Maintenance and checking of supplier accounts

* Liaising with Purchasing department & to keep check on new suppliers / costs of raw product bought and to report changes and or discrepancies

* Opening new supplier accounts (dual authorisation / permission)

Accounts Administration:

* Processing and sorting daily post-delivery / distribution to company departments

* General filing and maintenance of filing cabinets and stationary

* Answering/directing telephone calls and queries in the absence of the receptionist

Banking Administration:

* Maintenance of daily banking accounts

* Printing and processing daily banking statements

* Reporting any anomalies or unauthorised movement within any of the accounts

* Maintenance and posting in Sage Accounts of scheduled payments (dual authorization / permission) and receivables

* Banking of cheques received

The Person:

* Previous knowledge of accounting terminology

* Previous experience of using spreadsheets and/or automated accounting systems such as Sage Line 50

* Excellent organisational skills

* Attention to detail and ability to review work to identify anomalies

* Ability to review current ways of working and identify potential new processes

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