Accounts Assistant

Salary: Competitive

• Production of daily sales and ad hoc invoices, including liaising with customer orders/sales office to ensure all goods despatched/bottled are invoiced correctly.
• Posting daily cash received.
• Maintenance of sales ledger database, processing any new accounts and amendments.
• Production of daily/monthly sales reports.
• Filing of daily duty declarations.
• Month/year end closedown of sales ledger, including aged debt reconciliation.
• Daily/monthly reconciliation and reporting to HSBC Finance.
• Production and issue of customer statements.
• Expediting payments from customers, including liaising with external customers to resolve queries in a timely manner.
• Ensuring customer credit limits are adhered to and holding orders where appropriate.
• Preparing monthly DD payments.
• Liaising with sales/senior management re issue of credit notes.
• Covering purchase ledger functions and cash book management in periods of absence.

• Previous experience of working in a similar role would be an advantage but is not essential.
• Be able to demonstrate high-level numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail.
• A positive thinker with ability to see areas for improvement to add value.
• Organised, ability to multi-task and to prioritise workload.
• Capable of working on own and using personal initiative.