Accounts Receivable Assistant

Your new company
Working for a world-leading manufacturer, you will be part of a busy finance department and take the responsibility of the Sales Ledger and provide additional support to the team.
Key Information:
- 6 month contact potential to go permanent.
- 25000k Circa
- Monday - Thursday 8am- 4.45pm, Friday 8am-12.30pm (37.5hrs)

Your new role
Responsibilities:* Review aged receivables and chase debt.
* Allocate cash collected and apply to customer accounts.
* Credit check companies and set credit limits for new customer accounts.
* Stop list management.
* Deal with queries relating to invoices and receipts.
* Month-end reconciliations of customer accounts.
* Liaising with both home & overseas customers to answer any queries.
* To support/cover where necessary for the Finance Team to achieve its goals at the request of the Financial Controller.
What you'll need to succeed
Key skills and qualifications:* Previous knowledge and practical experience in an accounts receivable role.
* Previous experience in MS Office is required, especially MS Word and Excel along with a level of IT literacy to support the administration of various business systems.
* Good verbal and written communications and be comfortable contacting clients to discuss the collection of overdue debts and/or to resolve issues.
* The ability to work on their own initiative at times but be able to function well within a team.
* Working knowledge of MRP systems would be an advantage.
* A professional approach is required with a proactive, 'can do' attitude.
* You will liaise with the sales team on a regular basis and should be comfortable building relationships with internal stakeholders.
* The ability to maintain confidentiality is essential.
What you'll get in return

• Company Incentive Scheme
• Excellent Pension Scheme
• 24 days annual Leave

What you need to do now
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