Senior Finance Assistant - Melrose, United Kingdom - Live Borders

Live Borders

Verified Company

Melrose, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job purpose:

Support the Finance team in recording and retrieving financial details for the company, including maintaining financial records, processing supplier payments, sales ledger, customer receipts and bank reconciliations.

Deal with customers and staff regarding membership as affects finance, including direct debit payments.

Key Responsibilities:

Maintain purchase ledger on finance system, processing all payments through ledger and bank.
Match purchase orders to invoices on system, querying and resolving any discrepancies.
Make BACS and cheque payments to suppliers in line with their credit terms and approved payment requests
Extract customer invoices from booking system and process on finance system, identifying and liaising with mangers to resolve any discrepancies.
Maintain sales ledger on finance system
Match customer receipts against invoices and process on finance system
Ensure that customers settle accounts within credit terms and pursue debts that become overdue.
Reconcile daily bank statements and match against transaction on bank system.
Process monthly direct debits for all membership packages.
Experience in using and knowledge of computer based finance systems with emphasis on Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and banking modules.
HNC in business or finance related, or 3 years' relevant work experience in all aspects of AP, AR and bank reconciliation
Good numeracy skills and attention to detail
Good customer service skills
Knowledge of MS office suite, particularly word and excel.
Ability to learn and be proactive and work in a team to achieve results
Excellent communication skills
Ability to identify issues, inconsistencies and errors and take appropriate corrective action
Understand the business of LB to ensure appropriate support in place
Ability to deal with conflicting demands
Logical and accurate processing

years experience to be fully competent in the role

Communication skills required when dealing with:
Internally

Budget holders with income and cost queries. Occasionally
Payroll for bank payments monthly
Duty managers, site and service managers for general financial information and sales invoice queries

External

Members/customers. Regularly regarding DD
Supported organisations e.g. Clubsport, SBC
Suppliers, Regularly
Auditors at financial year end. Annually
Banks for transaction queries, regularly and occasionally regarding cash flow/bank balances

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Pay:
£27,145.02-£29,325.11 per year

Benefits: