Accounts Assistant Job in Ipswich, Suffolk

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Accounts Assistant Job in Ipswich, Suffolk

Job Description
Head Hunted Recruitment are working exclusively with a well known and rapidly expanding business who specialise in the Pet and Animal sector. My client is in the process of adding to their well established Finance department as we look to employ an Accounts Assistant.

The Accounts Assistant will need to be a passionate, able and organised self-starter. Strong communication skills both written and verbal are key as is strong MS Office Skills – including a good knowledge of Excel and Word.

Part of the Accounts Assistant responsibilities will be to ensure accuracy and timeliness and all duties are performed to the required standards, within timescales set.

The Accounts Assistant will ideally have at least one years experience within an accounts office and a good understanding of Sage 200.

Accounts Assistant Job Purpose.

* Day-to-day handling of payments control, including cash book processing, liaising with creditors and supporting the Finance Manager as required.

* Reconcile E-commerce accounts

* Support the sales ledger function

* General accounting tasks as assigned

Accounts Assistant Key Responsibilities & Duties:

* Process outgoing funds, update the cash book and Sage 200, and attend to any queries

* Invoice processing

* Liaising with suppliers and customers via email and phone

* Reconciliation of E-commerce sales orders, receipts and fees

* The ability to communicate clearly and confidently with a range of people, internally and externally

* Perform other routine clerical/administrative tasks

* Sage 200 purchase ledger housekeeping

* Other general accounting tasks as required

Accounts Assistant Essential Skills:

* Experience in a similar role

* Good understanding of accountancy, nominal accounts, book-keeping skills and data protection with previous experience working in a Finance department

* Computer literate, including spreadsheets skills

* Good time management and organisational skills

* Excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy

* Good communication, numeracy and literacy skills

* Experience in using Sage 200

* Experience using Google Suite

* Advanced knowledge of spreadsheets including formulae

* Experience working with E-commerce reconciliation's

The Accounts Assistant vacancy is an office based role working with a small but perfectly formed Finance team and comes with a salary of £24,939.00 per annum plus excellent company benefits

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: Ipswich
County: Suffolk
Country: United Kingdom
Salary: £24939/annum
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