Accounts Assistant

Job Description

Accounts AssistantLondon City#Hybrid working (3 days office based)Our client is an innovative provider of business finance solutions Since its inception in 2008, Innovent has been growing at a compound growth rate of 75% per annum.This role is an expansion post and the job holder will be the 4th member of a small finance team reporting directly to the Finance Director.Your role will firstly be managing the credit control function for the company and secondly to assist in the processing of daily accounting transactions in Sage 200, the firm’s accounting package.You will ensure a timely collection of money owed to the company and communicate with customers who are slow payers. You will also be required to enter bank receipts and payments and perform the bank account reconciliations.The role is varied and daily you may find yourself processing sales and purchase invoices, accounting for the lease deals, setting up direct debits, and preparing reports in Excel to support the preparation of the monthly management pack. It is anticipatedthat the right candidate could eventually be familiar with all aspects of the finance function to provide bandwidth in the finance team while the firm continues to grow.Skills and Experience• You will need to be able to organize and prioritise your work effectively with good time management.• You should have good numerical proficiency and analytical abilities, with a willingness to learn and to take direction whilst being flexible and able to work independently.• You should have good written and oral communication skills and be confident i speaking to customers by telephone. You also need to clearly explain financial matters to those who may not be knowledgeable in these areas.• You need to have high attention to detail with good IT skills, particularly Excel. Sage 200 will be taught as will lease accounting.• You should have some accounting and book-keeping knowledge and experience with perhaps a degree in finance or qualification/part qualified. You should also ideally have some experience within a credit control role.Key Responsibilities• Ensure that the aged debt profile is kept as current as possible by liaising with customers whose direct debits have failed, or who have not paid cash invoices• Report regularly on the aged debts and liaise with the leasing admin team regarding setting up direct debits or amending them• Reconcile the leasing bank account, entering remittances and payments daily• Provide statements to customers when requested• Assist in recording customer and purchase ledger invoices• Reconcile supplier statements when received and regularly run an aged supplier report for review• Raise rental invoices manually for those customers for whom this is necessary• Take responsibility for posting the monthly depreciation charges• Support the finance team with all other accounting activities which could include the preparation of reports for management reporting or the auditors• Assist in ad hoc duties

Keyskills :
Accounts AssistantBank ReconciliationsCredit ControlInvoicingSageledgers