Accounts Assistant - Chelmsford, United Kingdom - Total Protection

Total Protection

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Chelmsford, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Description and Person Specification

Full Time Accounts Assistant
Total Protection Limited is a leading, specialist contractor within the resin surfaces and coatings sector.

Ongoing success has led to the creation of additional dedicated divisions providing decorating, landscaping and fire protection expertise, with a specialist team providing tailored services to the social housing sector.

Purpose:

Due to the continued growth of the business a new opportunity has been created in our Finance department for an Accounts Assistant with at least one year's experience seeking a hands-on role covering all areas of our department.

The role will be varied and will offer the individual good exposure to the whole finance function and opportunity to grow and potentially specialise in an area in the future.

Reporting to the Finance Controller the core tasks are;

Setting up and ensuring correct information is on accounts system for all new projects and chasing up outstanding information from operational departments
Assisting sales ledger staff in creation of customer accounts, ensuring all required information is available, checking of credit limits, raising of sales invoices.
Assisting credit control staff in chasing of debts, allocation of cash, litigation matters, dispute follow up and resolution.
Working closely with administration staff across operational departments
Document control and assisting in filing across the department
Assisting with expenses and credit card processing as required
Providing holiday cover for accounts staff
Adhoc project work
Assisting the purchase ledger staff on day to day tasks as required

Experience and knowledge:

Sage Line 50 experience is desired
Computer literate, Excel skills will be an advantage
Construction Industry experience will be an advantage
One Two years' experience in a busy accounts office

Attitude and skills:

Strong communication skills
Hands on approach, demonstrating good problemsolving skills
Can Do attitude and ability to work to deadlines
Great attention to detail

Hours of Work:

The role is full time, 9am - 5pm.

The company is located in a semi-rural environment and the office provides a lovely working environment. Due to its location a car driver is essential (free parking).

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
From £26,000.00 per year

Schedule: