Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant
Full Time, Permanent, Outskirts of Newark/Mansfield
£22,500 - £26,000 DOE

Our award winning Nottinghamshire based client is looking for a Finance Assistant to provide high quality service to the rest of their team and work closely alongside the Finance Manager and Finance Director.

THE ROLE

As a Finance Assistant you will be instrumental to the smooth operation of the business, ensuring purchase orders are raised, customer invoices are created and sent in a timely manner, and supplier invoices are processed and approved for payment. Your key duties will be:

• Responsibility for day-to-day credit control management and collection of customer debt
• Creating new customer and supplier accounts onto Sage
• Processing sales orders
• Raising invoices and purchase orders
• Uploading invoices onto customer portals
• Sending customer statements
• Inputting supplier invoices, coding and matching POD s
• Promptly raise Sales Invoices and applications for payments upon completion of work.
• Processing of credit card expenses onto Excel and Sage
• Keeping the order book up to date and keeping product costs up to date on Sage
• Any other duties relating to the finances of the company that may be required
• Support team members to complete any tasks as required from time to time

THE CANDIDATE

The ideal Finance Assistant will be able to demonstrate the following:

• At least 2 years relevant recent experience within a company finance team
• Proven recent experience in credit control responsibility
• Have a high level of competency in MS Office
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Independence and self-reliance
• Enthusiastic and hardworking attitude
• Ability to think on your feet and be self-motivated
• A team player
• Organised and methodical, with attention to detail
• AAT or ACCA Level 2 minimum
• Have experience using a CRM System
• Have knowledge of CIS and DRC

THE BENEFITS

As a valued Finance Assistant you will receive:

• Free parking on site
• 20 days holidays per year plus 8 bank holidays - Additional holiday can be accrued after 2 full years service up to a maximum of 5 additional days
• Annual, non-contractual bonus for meeting company targets.
• Regular training provided
• Friendly team with regular social events
• Full Christmas shutdown period

Thank you for your interest in this vacancy and good luck with your application.

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