Job Title – Accounts Assistant
Location – Silsoe, Bedfordshire
Salary – £24,000
Company
My client provides property and facility maintenance as well as fire safety solutions to the commercial and property management sector with a geographical coverage spanning from the South Coast to Birmingham the team of estimators are crucial in delivering a fast, reliable service quote and costing service to their clients.
The Opportunity
The role provides the opportunity to support the growth of the business in the accounts team. This is a important role for the business in ensuring a smooth end process for our clients in making sure that invoices are correct and sent on time and also that our clients get a great service for any queries that they might get.
About the job
Supplier Administration
Support the accounts team in:
* Receiving, preparing and loading supplier invoices into accounting package (Sage)
* Completing checks on invoices received to ensure all costs incurred are charged out at the correct rates
* Completing verification of account values before payment
* Receiving supplier calls and dealing with supplier queries
* Accounts Admin Support
Support the accounts team with telephone calls and general communications
* Administer the accounts email inbox
* Add new properties and customers to accounting and operating system
* Administration of client invoices
* Support the invoice finance facility administration
* Invoice Collection Assistance
Support the accounts team with credit control:
* Keeping track of assigned customer accounts to identify outstanding debts
* Contacting debtors, encouraging timely payment
* Handling customer queries and working with the operations team to resolve invoicing issues
About the successful applicant
You'll need to be self-disciplined, experienced, accountable, flexible and have a positive pro-active vision for growth both for the company and personally.
To be successful you will have:
* Experience in Microsoft suite (word, excel, outlook
* Experience in Sage
* Experienced and confident dealing with suppliers and clients over the telephone
* Experience working in a accounts team
* Working independently and part of a wider supervised team
Package
* Competitive Salary
* Pensions scheme
* 20 days holiday + bank holidays