Finance Assistant to Purchase Ledger - Birmingham, United Kingdom - A Surman & Co Ltd

Description

We are a long established, hard working, family-run construction company based in Hockley, Birmingham.

Due to the ongoing expansion of our business (current turnover of approximately £18m), we are looking to appoint an experienced purchase ledger Accounts Assistant

Hours of work are 7.30am to 4.30pm

Happy to work in an office with a dog


Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Reporting to the Finance Manager, main duties and responsibilities;

• Deal with high volume of transactional entries onto Sage 50 Cloud Accounts e.g.

invoices, expenses, credit cards

• Match invoices to delivery notes, add to Purchase Order log, distribute to Managers to

authorise

• Reconcile monthly supplier statements to sage, follow up queries
• Reconcile monthly credit cards with receipts
• Match weekly fuel invoices to receipts
• Produce petty cash expense forms & enter onto sage
• Support the monthend accounting processes.
• Administrative duties on behalf of the Finance Manager.

Person Specification

Skills and experience required

Qualifications

• 5 GCSE's or above

AAT (desired but not essential)


Skills and abilities

• Demonstrable strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• High level of organisational skills and experience.
• Skilled in the use of information technology.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment, frequently under pressure, on multiple tasks. A "Cando" attitude.

Experience

• At least two years' experience in financial accounting.

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Experience using Sage Line 50 is essential, Excel & Microsoft Office.


Personal Qualities

Teamwork

• Embraces diversity and displays respect and loyalty to colleagues and Directors;
• Engages effectively and is helpful and supportive towards others;
• Highly collaborative, taking the time to engage with team members;
• Reliable and committed to success of the team;
• Embraces change and is adaptable;
• Able to multitask and willing to take on additional roles and tasks.

Communication

• Natural communicator at all levels, approachable and knowledgeable;
• Open and transparent, but also maintains trust and confidentiality;
• Prepared to challenge information and bureaucracy;
• Embraces and absorbs new information.
• Comes up with ideas and communicates these to others.

Commitment and results delivery

• Displays the highest levels of integrity and commitment with an ability to deliver excellent results;
• Plans ahead and manages time effectively;
• Deals with ambiguity, flexible and creative in approach to delivery;
• Resilient and positive through change and adapts positively;
• Takes accountability and ownership of tasks and problems;
• Tenacious and seeks to overcome obstacles and challenges;
• Uses initiative to resolve matters within control and understands when to pass on relevant issues or incidents;
• Comes up with ideas and shares these with the team;
• Follows rules and guidelines
• Provides quality work that is fit for purpose.

Motivation and drive

• Selfmotivated and proud to be part of a growing company
• Demonstrates enjoyment in their work;
• Professional, polite and approachable manner;
• Positive attitude and optimistic;
• Resilient, calm and in control of emotions.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£23,000.00-£25,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Onsite parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location:
In person