Finance Assistant

JOB TITLE: Finance Assistant

LOCATION: Bridgwater, Somerset

HOURS: Monday - Friday (37.5 hours per week)

SALARY: £20K - £22K PA DOE

THE COMPANY: A world leader in their industry, servicing large multinational customers within the manufacturing and engineering industries all over the world.

BENEFITS: 20 days annual leave increasing a day per year until 25 days & Bank Holidays, free onsite parking, Pension (auto enrolment after 3 months of service), access to an 'Enjoy Benefits' platform with various employee benefits available, access to an Employee Assistance Programme, globally established and reputable company, friendly and long standing team.

THE ROLE: This role is primarily concerned with controlling and maintaining all aspects of the company Purchase Ledger. You will be required to ensure that all supplier invoices and employee expense claims are appropriately authorised and correctly recorded on Sage, ready for payment in accordance with agreed terms. You will be responsible for maintaining the Purchase Ledger as an accurate and complete record of all expenses that have been incurred by the company.

KEY DUTIES:

Sales Ledger - Set up new customer accounts on Sage ensuring all data is accurate, ensure sales invoices raised are properly pushed through, allocate customer payments onto Sage, raising invoices.
Purchase Ledger - Match and check purchase invoices to goods received notes or purchase orders, obtain authorisation for invoices not linked to a purchase order, Identify queries and liaise with suppliers or internal departments for resolution, input invoices onto Sage 200 ensuring that the coding and processing is accurate and complies with company requirements and current legislation, generate payment runs from Sage and check they are correct prior to submitting for authorisation.
Subsidiary Companies - Process supplier invoices onto Sage and ensure supplier accounts are accurate by reconciling supplier statements on a monthly basis and resolving queries.
Statements - Download statements and issue to all cardholders on a monthly basis, once authorised, reconcile receipts to statements and ensure VAT calculations are accurate, input transactions onto Sage.
Employee Expenses - Download employee expense claims, reconcile receipts to expense claims and ensure VAT calculations are accurate, input expense claims onto Sage and ensure payments are ready for processing.
Supplier Accounts - Set up Supplier accounts on Sage in accordance with company processes, ensure supplier account details are accurate, reconcile supplier statements on a monthly basis ensuring that all discrepancies are resolved quickly.
Admin duties - General accounts filing, distribution of daily post, answer incoming telephone calls including overflow calls from Reception.THE CANDIDATE:

The successful applicant will have proven experience within a finance / accounts department and a good knowledge of MS Office, particularly Excel. You will need to be an all round team player and work successfully in team environments. Effective communication skills are important, as well as, a logical and solution focused approach to work.

HOW TO APPLY: If the sound of this role appeals to you and you would like to find out more please apply online, email (url removed) or contact Nicole on (phone number removed).

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