Are you a bookkeeper/ accounts administrator and looking for your next challenge? This is a great opportunity to work for a well established company that has been trading for over 50 years.
Working hours will be 08.30-16.00 ( 30 mins lunchbreak )
£31.000 per an annum
Role
The purpose of the role is to ensure both creditor and debtor requirements are met, and cashflow is managed. It covers the handling of financial transactions including banking, managing credit control and making creditor payments, ensuring both the financial performance of the business and the sales function are well supported.
The accounts department manages the financial transactions for over 300 active customer accounts and 200 suppliers dealing at times in foreign currency transactions.
Responsibilities
· Using Sage 50 to manage debtors inc sending statements and chasing, entering payments received in the bank to Sage. Manage creditors from entering invoices to processing of monthly payment runs and ad hoc payments as necessary
· Updating of all customer and supplier records on Sage, maintaining good housekeeping.
· Production of monthly reports inc Profit and loss, cashflow, balance sheet and debtor list.
· Work with sales team to manage customer credit limits and payments, and purchasing team to manage supplier terms and expectations
· Monitor overheads, working with general manager, and other departments as necessary e.g. carriage costs with sales and dispatch teams
· Manage card, website and other income streams, working with sales team to record and advising when received etc
· Run month end and process prepayments and accruals
· Produce VAT returns, and ensure PAYE, VAT and other tax payments are set up and accounted for
· Prepare all journals and records for accountant at year end and work closely with the directors to forecast the business needs and plans
Experience
Sage 50
All Microsoft packages
At least 2/3 years in a similar role doing accounts payable/ receivable
Experience in VAT
Smith and Reed Recruitment embraces diversity, equality and inclusion and aim to promote the benefits of diversity in all our business activities. Smith and Reed will treat everyone equally and will not discriminate on the grounds of an individual’s “protected characteristic” under the Equality Act 2010 (the Act) which are age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, or sexual orientation. All candidates will be assessed solely on their ability to carry out the job in question based on skills, experience, and qualifications.