Accounts Assistant - Bristol, United Kingdom - Espresso Service Ltd

Description

The Accounts Assistant will be responsible for creating and positing purchase and sales invoices, processing credits, claiming, and closing jobs on various portals.

The Accounts Assistant will assist the Billing Clerk in the efficient running of the sales ledger function and undertake a range of routine, day to day tasks as requires.

• Daily inputting of purchase invoices onto the Xero accounting system.
• Ensuring that sales ledger is fully reconciled.
• Assist the Billing Clerk in working with internal staff to identify invoicing information errors.
• Assist the Billing Clerk with credit control to ensure debtor days are within target.
• Undertake any routine, day to day tasks that are required by the Finance function.
• Generate customer statements on a monthly basis and answer queries from customers/internal colleagues in relation to these.
• Month end tasks.
• Monitor the Invoice bounce back report and liaise with the relevant teams to update incorrect information.
• Resend sales invoices on the request of the business.
• Assist the Management Accountant with Aged Receivables report.
• Ad hoc duties like booking meeting rooms and hotels.

• Undertake training as requested by the Company.
• Adhere to and promote the Company's policies, including Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity.
• Adhere to confidentiality and security of information at all times and in line with the Data Protection Act and company protocols.
• Carry out any other duties as reasonably requested from time to time.
• Provide cover for colleagues.
• Travel to training or meetings in England and Wales

• Substantial experience of processing purchase and sales ledger invoices and claims.
• Substantial experience of credit control and sending statements to customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good IT skills including the use of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Excellent selfmanagement skills to work independently and as part of a team, using own initiative and being flexible and adaptable.
• Experience in working on cloudbased accounting software
• Xero (desirable).
• Attention to detail.
• Driven and motivated attitude.

• Monday to Friday home based role
• Basic Salary of £24,000 £30,000 (DOE/DOQ)
• 20 days holidays plus Bank Hols (this will raise after year 2)
• Pension
• Death in Service Benefit

• Company pension
• Flexitime
• Work from home

• Monday to Friday

• Accounting: 3 years (preferred)