Finance Assistant

MacKenzie King are proud to be working for an industry leading manufacturing business based in Hadleigh who produce a number of household names in both the UK and international markets. Our client needs to recruit a Finance Assistant into their supportive and high achieving team, who will work closely with other areas of business and playing a key role in their combined success. The Finance Assistant will be responsible for dealing with both the sales and purchase ledgers, company expenses, banking and cashflow among other responsibilities. The role will grow with the successful Finance Assistant candidates exposure to new responsibilities and processes. If you are someone with a passion for finance and a drive to progress then this is the role for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the purchase ledger.
  Produce payment runs for financial approval. Report any anomalies to the Head of finance and maintain a tidy purchase ledger.
• Manage the Sales ledger.
  Process customer remittances in a timely manner ensuring all customer accounts are settled within their agreed terms. Work with the Sales Team to ensure that all amounts are received in accordance with terms and communicate any issues concerning outstanding debts and queries with agreed costs. Post all sales invoices on a timely basis.
• Credit notes.
  Raise credit notes for sales. Maintain good relationships with the Sales Department and communicate any issues effectively and chase up credit note approval.
• Banks and Cashflow.
  Responsible for maintaining the cashflow forecast, including reconciling banks daily. Communicate to the Head of Finance potential funding issues in a timely manner. Ensure there is an 8-week forecast to inform short term decision making. Upload sales info and credit adjustments to ID Facility and reconcile daily. Action ID Facility drawdowns. Reconcile loan accounts monthly.
• Expenses and Credit Cards
  Credit Card, Diners Club, Expenses and Petty Cash: Ensure accurate detailed records of credit card, Diners Club, expenses and petty cash transactions.
  
  

Other Responsibilities

• Managing Money Back Guarantees.
• Collate company wide KPIs.
• Reconcile nominal ledger accounts.
• Manage the Accounts inbox.
• Process Purchase Invoices.
• Input data for the P&L Analysis monthly.
• Store Debit Notes for approval.
• Collect and process the credit card receipts.
• Setup new accounts.
• Manage the Money Back portal
  
  

Skills and attributes

• Essential
• High level of numeracy
• Excellent timekeeping
• Excellent attention to details
• Experience of maintaining accounting ledgers
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Excel and Word
  
  

Desirable 

• Working knowledge of computerised accounting systems, in particular Access Supply Chain and
• Sage 50
• Knowledge of DocuWare
• Working towards accounting qualification