Accounts administrator (Maternity Cover)

Full Time, Fixed Term (12 months)

Telford

£26.5k - £27.5k per annum

Our client is a long-established manufacturing company based in Telford. A maternity cover position has arisen to join their accounts team as a full time Accounts administrator to assist the finance team with reviewing and reconciling accounts.

Working hours will be as follows:

9 - 5 Monday – Thursday

9 – 4 Friday

This will include a 30-minute paid lunch.

Holiday will be 23 days + bank holidays - 3 days must be kept back for the Christmas period.

Summary of Job Duties

• Help with purchase ledger invoices.
• Generation of all customer sales invoices and onward issue to customer contact.
• Generation of monthly customer account statements.
• Follow up all pro-forma invoices with customer to ensure timely and accurate payments.
• Process all credit card payments.
• Generation of all supplier reconciliation statements.
• Bank reconciliation.
• CIC reconciliations.
• Generation and presentation of monthly reports.
• Provide cover for other team members when out of the office or in meetings.
• Management of all e-commerce orders in relation to the reconciliation of invoices and payments.
• Management of CRM systems to ensure all customer correspondence is recorded.
• Adhering to best practices in accounting, as outlined by industry experts and by the company.

Required Competences

• Preferably to have AAT qualifications but is not essential.
• Experience of working in an office environment for a minimum of 12 months.
• To have experience and be comfortable with Microsoft Outlook/Office/Excel
• Good working knowledge of ERP system preferably SAGE.

Required capabilities

• Attention to detail.
• Ability to problem solve and use own initiative.
• Team player.
• Positive communicator.
• Flexible attitude.
• Proactive and positive work ethic.
• Time management and organisational skills.
• Good phone manner.
• Personable

Applications will be reviewed within 3 working days, however as we are receiving high levels of applications, if you have not been contacted after 5 days of sending your CV unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. If successful you will be contacted by a consultant to discuss your application and CV further.