Accounts Assistant - Slough, United Kingdom - Freightserve

Freightserve
Freightserve
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Slough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description
Freightserve are looking to recruit a part-time Accounts Assistant for Freight Forwarder based in the Colnbrook area.


Job brief Responsibilities include:
- keeping financial records updated, preparing reports, and reconciling bank statements. You will also use software (QuickBooks, Dext) to process business transactions: sales and purchase invoices, expenses, bank payments, and receipts, controlling accountspayable, creating online payments to suppliers when required, producing and sending statements to customers when required, and producing aged debtor reports to management.

We use primarily GBP, USD, and EUR so exposure to foreign exchange would be an advantage but not essential. The role includes producing weekly cash flow reports in each of our operating currencies to assist management.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide accounting and clerical support to the accounting department
  • Prepare and maintain accounting documents and records
  • Prepare bank deposits, general ledger postings, and statements
  • Reconcile accounts promptly
  • Enter key data daily, of financial transactions in accounting software provided
  • Provide assistance and support to company personnel
  • Research, track and restore accounting or documentation problems and discrepancies
  • Inform management and compile reports/summaries on activity areas
  • Function in accordance with established standards, procedures, and applicable laws
  • Constantly update job knowledge
  • Support the Senior Management team with HR and payroll administration
  • Credit Control
  • Conduct credit checks on new customers
  • Monitoring debtor balances to ensure a reduction in debtors
  • Ensuring credit and collection policies and procedures are followed o Liaising with customers, as well as internal personnel including the sales team Requirements and skills
  • Proven bookkeeping and credit control experience
  • Competency in MS Office, particularly, Excel and Outlook, and accounting software
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Well organized
  • Ability to work unsupervised
As an agency we are fast becoming the number one Freight specialist in the UK. We have a fast growing reputation with most Freight related companies. Freightserve has been established since 1992 working within the Freight Forwarding and Shipping industry.
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