Accounts Assistant Job in Wisbech Saint Mary, Cambridgeshire

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Accounts Assistant Job in Wisbech Saint Mary, Cambridgeshire

Job Description
Our client is one of the leading family-owned plant businesses in Europe. Due to their continuous growth and development, they are seeking to employ a Accounts Assistant at their Wisbech site, to start as soon as possible.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a small and friendly unit.
Permanent role
Competitive salary offered
37.5 hours per week, 5 days a week. 9-5pm Monday – Friday.
24 Annual holiday and bank holidays
Free onsite parking
Company pension
Death in service
Summary
To ensure accounts tasks are undertaken in a professional and diligent manner, in certain areas demanding particular attention to detail. They will perform their function in an internally and externally focused environment and will present the company in numerous guises. The role will encompass specific but also more general tasks as and when required and will be varied to provide interest and personal development. Appropriate training course will be available as and when required and necessary.
* Reconciling all purchase invoices to goods in notes and purchase orders ensuring that invoices reflect correct quantities and prices agreed with suppliers and coding invoices for processing on accounts system.
* Posting all purchase invoices and credit notes onto the accounts system.
* Raising credit notes with suppliers where errors are found including liaising with originators of purchase orders and goods in team as appropriate.
* Check supplier statements agree to accounts system.
* Preparing invoices for payment runs as instructed by Head of Finance.
* Filing all invoices for payment in invoice order and all paid invoices in supplier invoice files.
* Keep various key information spreadsheets updated (biomass, electricity tracker)
* Assist with the preparation of KPI information.
* Assist with export documentation
* Assist with despatch admin
* Performing other appropriate duties as requested, provide holiday cover for reception and other accounts activities.
* Raise PO’s as requested
* Obtain the monthly postponed VAT documentation
* Reconcile and post the monthly credit card transactions
* Maintain the stationary cupboard and complete necessary purchases
* Order any purchases from Amazon as requested
* Year-end archiving
* Assist with year end and audit requests as required
* Provide holiday cover for Sales ledger as required
Skills and Qualifications
* Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills and an ability to communicate effectively via telephone in a commercial and administrational environment.
* Must have ability to enter data accurately whilst working under pressure and achieve deadlines at peak times of the year
* Applicants must be self-starters and problem solvers.
* A good working knowledge of excel and word
* Previous experience within an accounts function would be desirable.
* Previous experience of using a bookkeeping system is required and knowledge of Sage 200 would be desirable

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Wisbech Saint Mary, Cambridgeshire
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: Wisbech Saint Mary
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: United Kingdom
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