PERSON SPECIFICATION

• A positive attitude and team player is key to this role.
• Practical experience of accounting practices or book keeping is required
• 4 GCSE’s including Maths and English at grade C/4 above or equivalent
• Previous experience using Sage200 or other comparable accounting systems.
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and work to strict deadlines
• Strong computing skills including Microsoft Excel
• Ability to keep calm in busy situations
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels within organisations
• Ability to work independently and manage time
• Keen and willing to learn while developing new and existing skills

ROLE SUMMARY:

This is a varied and multi skilled role, requiring great attention to detail and time management skills to meet deadlines where required. Responsible for processing invoices, reconciling accounts, posting and reporting sterling and foreign currency receipts from customers and payments made to suppliers.

MAIN DUTIES

• Processing sales ledger invoices for B2B customers.
• Posting card receipts to the relevant customer ledgers daily.
• Checking all foreign currency banks and post payments received from customers and retailers.
• Refund and ad-hoc payment requests.
• Covering daily banking and converting pro-forma invoices into sales orders for dispatch when necessary.
• Month end invoicing to retailers and customers for the prior months purchase.
• Reconciling and posting retail purchase invoices.
• Maintaining purchase ledger accounts and allocating payments against invoices.
• Dealing with any general queries from either sales or purchase ledger accounts.
• Raising weekly and monthly self-bill invoices to retailers.

OTHER DUTIES:

• Carry out other reasonable duties as required by the employer.
• Support and cover for Finance Team members when necessary (e.g. annual leave).