Accounts Assistant - VR/31375

• Proactively managing outstanding customer balances, ensuring timely collection of overdue invoices and maintaining accurate records of all correspondence.
• Communicating effectively with internal departments and external customers to resolve invoice-related issues.
• Issuing monthly statements to customers and conduct credit checks for new accounts, ensuring accurate setup in the accounting system.
• Sorting, logging, and scanning documentation including dispatch notes, supplier delivery tickets, and payment batches.
• Maintaining a register of proforma payments and update it with relevant transaction details.
• Matching purchase invoices with corresponding purchase orders and input data into the finance system, addressing any discrepancies promptly.
• Reconciling supplier statements to ensure account accuracy and follow up on any variances.
• Supporting the Finance Team with account clean-up and maintenance tasks as directed.
• Assisting colleagues during periods of staff absence, holiday cover, or peak workload.
• Carrying out additional finance-related administrative duties as required by the team.

• Strong IT skills with a confident working knowledge of Excel.
• Previous experience in credit control is advantageous, along with a good understanding of effective collection processes.
• High level of accuracy and organisational ability, with strong attention to detail.
• Experience in purchase ledger tasks.
• A reliable team player with the flexibility to support others and handle a varied workload in a fast-moving environment.

Thorpe Molloy McCulloch Recruitment