Accounts Assistant; Receivable and Credit Control

New role; Accounts assistant with responsibility and progression, superb opportunity with study support

Accounts Assistant
Permanent & Full-time
Swansea
£25-28,000 per annum

Newly registered role for a manufacturing business based in their head office/production site on the outskirts of the city. This company designs, manufactures and distributes nationally and globally;they are seen as leader in their field. I have been engaged to source a new member of their finance team! So what do we need? In order to be successful in your application, you will require an excellent understanding of double entry bookkeeping and have a strong grasp of the principles of accountancy, gained in an office workplace environment. You will also need good organisational skills, excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and some exposure to accounting software as well as accounts receivable experience.
Highly supportive, with a culture that nurtures independence and autonomy, this business will offer support for AAT/ACCA studies with time off for exams and revision, as well as provision for tuition/exam fees and study materials; they do have a proven track record of growing their own accountants! Alternatively, if you are happy with your QBE status, they are very keen to consider your application, as this role does not require qualifications.

The starting salary will be between £25 and £28,000; although there may be some margin to flex a little and that salary will naturally increase with tenure in this role. In order to command the upper end of this bracket, you must bring significant experience in a similar role. Once fully integrated into the business, you will have full control of the accounts receivable function . It will be yours in its entirety. You will be responsible for the full process end to end; invoicing and billing (sometimes via integrated systems and portals), posting and allocating cash, processing customer statements, reconciling and agreeing monthly balances, issuing refunds, liaising with the Sales Teams to keep everyone up to date with the latest MI, working with key customers to resolve accounts and billing discrepancies and at times, recovering outstanding debt. As the lasting point of contact with much of their customer base, your customer service delivery will need to be exceptional.

This role will be 100% office based.

If you feel that this role could be for you, apply online or call Emma Lewis on .

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