Finance Assistant / Salary – £25,000 – £26,500 + Benefits / Leyland – Preston Location / Career Development Opportunities / Market Leading SME Business / Permanent Role / Full Time Office Based / 

Finance Assistant Benefits

• Salary £25000 – £26,500
• Career Development Opportunities
• Full Time Office Based
• Excellent Offices

Finance Assistant Role Overview

Market leading SME organisation based in Leyland Preston are looking for an enthusiastic Finance Assistant to help support the Management Accountant and wider finance team. As a Finance Assistant you will be doing a varied role covering all aspects of transactional finance including sales ledger and purchase ledger with month end duties supporting the month end process. This role will report into the Finance Manager and will give the right person a great opportunity to build on there experience.

Finance Assistant Responsibilities:

Sales Ledger /Credit Control Duties:

• To ensure the accurate and timely banking of all cash and cheque receipts.
• Reconciliation of daily bank statement receipts.
• Accurate recording and reconciliation of all receipts to sales ledger accounts.
• Producing month end reports and printing of customer statements.
• Contacting customers by telephone and post to ensure the control of any outstanding debts.
• Following company credit check procedures for new credit account applications.
• Reconciliation of Sales Ledger to General Ledger control accounts

Purchase Ledger Duties

• Daily reconciliation and recording of bank statement payments
• Scanning, registering, distribution and allocation of purchase ledger invoices through computerised purchase ledger system.
• Reconciliation of supplier statements.
• Producing month end reports and balancing of control accounts.
• Payment runs by bacs, cheque and faster payments to outstanding creditors and allocation of these payments to purchase ledger accounts.
• Undertake monthly bank reconciliations as requested.

Finance Assistant Required Experience:

• Previous experience of working within a finance role will be desirable 
• A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• AAT Part qualified / qualified
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks accordingly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and team members.
• An enthusiastic, positive, and can-do approach to tasks.

If you have the skills and experience detailed above and are looking for an opportunity to advance your career within an organisation that can offer an excellent degree of exposure, please contact Wayne Caunce at NC Associates on 07879626501 or send your CV directly to wayne.caunce@ncassociates.co.uk 

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