Finance Assistant

One of our Hetford based property sector clients require a Finance Assistant on a Temporary to Permanent basis to support the Finance team with all daily, weekly, monthly and annual finance tasks and procedures. In addition, the successful candidate will be assisting with the accounts payable, maintaining strong relationships with both colleagues and suppliers.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Day-to-day accounts payable duties ensuring entry of all purchase invoices/credit notes daily
• Post invoices to the Creditors Ledger and reconcile to Supplier statements
• Liaise with Suppliers on any queries relating to purchase invoices/credit notes/payments
• Import invoice data onto SAGE
• Run monthly supplier payment schedule for approval to pay
• Send remittances to suppliers after payments are made
• General accounts queries - Investigating and liaising with other departments;
• Maintaining accurate electronic filing
• Expenses - process staff expenses
• Responsible for accounts email inbox and process emails and queries etc.
• Ensure payments are made on time
• Issue customer statements / reconcile supplier statements
• Any other tasks required by the Financial Controller

SKILLS

• Good knowledge of Accounts Payable and a minimum of 2 years working experience
• Good knowledge of Cash Book and Bank Reconciliations
• Comfortable working to deadlines
• Highly organised and proactive with attention to detail
• Experience dealing with 500+ invoices per month
• Good knowledge of Excel/Microsoft and SAGE