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Accounts Assistant

Employer
Bond Williams Limited
Location
Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
Oct 14, 2024
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Job Role
Accounts Assistant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Accounts Assistant with responsibility for Purchase Ledger is being recruited by a client based at Bournemouth Airport Business Park. The company is currently in growth and is looking to recruit an experienced person to support this finance function.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will have responsibility for the purchase ledger function, associated monthly transactional processing and reconciliation activities. This role will suit someone with good attention to detail, understands the need for accuracy and can stick to month end deadlines. The business runs two main payment runs per month with some ad-hoc requests throughout the month. Training will be provided in-house.

Your duties will include:
  • Process all Accounts Payable invoices monthly (c.600pm)
  • Reconciling AP statements, ensuring good housekeeping of supplier accounts
  • Monitor Aged AP reports
  • Manage the AP email inbox to ensure that invoices, statements and queries are dealt with in a timely manner
  • Answering AP phone calls
  • Chase internal approvals on invoices
  • Create payment runs and ad-hoc payments for review and approval by Financial Controller and CFO
  • Raise approved payments in the bank ready for authorisation and payment
  • Post payments to AP ledgers once payments have been approved on the bank
  • Staff Expenses
  • Company credit cards
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Assisting in AP process improvements
  • Any ad-hoc work as requested

Suitable Candidate:-
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience in Purchase Ledger
  • Attention to detail
  • Great communication skills and a 'can do' attitude
  • Self-motivated, confident, team orientated and friendly
  • Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
  • Experience of Xero would be an advantage
  • AAT level 3 or equivalent would be an advantage

Good selection of Benefits including:-
  • 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
  • 1 day off to celebrate your birthday
  • Private Medical Insurance and associated benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Perkbox - discounts on a huge variety of everyday items and services
  • Hybrid working (1-2 days office/3-4 days home)

Bond Williams Professional Recruitment are an equal opportunity employer and operate as an Employment Business and Recruitment Agency

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