Job Description

Accounts Assistant

Cradley Heath

Monday to Thursday 7:30am to 4:00pm, Friday 7:30am to 3:00pm

£12.71 per hour

Temporary to permanent

Role Summary

This role is responsible for the day-to-day processing of sales and purchase ledger transactions, general ledger journal input, bank reconciliation, and a range of administrative and reception support duties. Utilising Sage 1000 and Excel to maintain accurate financial records and support the wider finance team.

Sales Ledger

* Produce daily and monthly sales reports

* Process daily sales invoicing

* Run daily bank downloads and save to Dropbox

* Update the Excel cash book

* Process Sales Ledger receipts on Sage SL

* Download various reports from Sage into Excel

* Input Sales Ledger journals to Sage 1000 (including cash book journals and suspense journals)

* Run weekly Tensor reports

Purchase Ledger

* Run daily bank downloads and save to Dropbox

* Update the Excel cash book

* Process Purchase Ledger payments on Sage PL

* Match PL invoices, post to Sage, and obtain payment authorisation

* Maintain electronic records of documents and transactions

* Agree customs documents (e.g. duty amounts)

* Process expenses claims and staff purchases

* Check and reconcile supplier statements

* Input Purchase Ledger journals to Sage 1000 (including cash book journals, suspense journals, petty cash, journal vouchers, correction journal vouchers, etc.)

General Ledger

* Input General Ledger journals to Sage 1000 (including GL JVs, correction JVs, and wages JVs)

* Scan and save documents to the appropriate location

* Obtain updated fuel mileage rates from on a quarterly basis and notify relevant staff accordingly

Further Duties

* Assist with stock counts

* Scan documents and save to Dropbox

* Set up and maintain electronic records for new supplier and new customer accounts (PL and SL documents)

* File bank statements

* File and distribute various letters and correspondence

* Answer telephone calls and transfer to the appropriate person where required

* Assist with reception cover

* Open and distribute the post

* Any other duties as requested in line with the needs of the business

Experience Required

* Good IT skills - Excel/Word/Outlook/Dropbox - Essential

* Sage Line 1000 or similar (preferable not essential)

* Credit control/ Sales ledger (preferable not essential)

* Prior Purchase Ledger experience (preferable not essential)

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