Accounts Assistant - Dagenham, Greater London, United Kingdom - CENTRAL BOOKS LIMITED

Description

Bright, intelligent, articulate Accounts Assistant required by long established, small friendly company based in Chadwell Heath, Dagenham.
Accurate data entry and typing skills are essential along with a friendly, helpful telephone manner. The ideal candidate will have some credit control experience and will be happy using Outlook, Word and Excel.

You should have a friendly and positive nature with some exposure and knowledge of credit control; confidence in communicating via the telephone and email with our clients, and have a high level of accuracy and reliability.

This is not a role which would be suitable for a finance person with CIMA/ACCA etc., Full training will be given on our customised software but we would expect the person joining to have a maximum level of education to A-Level standard or AAT.An interest in book and magazine distribution would be desirable but is not essential, however a willingness to learn about the Company and a long-term desire to stay in a team is important.

Key Operational Accountabilities· Dealing with all aspects of credit control· Chase debts via email and telephone, alerting the Accounts manager to any serious bad debts· Client account management to include sending statements, invoices and credits· Dealing with aged debtors· Cash posting· Dealing with invoice and credit queries and resolving these as soon as possible· Management of payments and liaison with client publishers as well as authors, retailers and schools· To be happy with a varied day and supporting the team with different requirements as and when requiredThe ideal candidate will be able to prioritise work between varying tasks and deadlines; undertake and manage specific projects and assignments;

Job Type:
Office based, full-time 35 hours per week Monday

• Friday.