Commercial Finance Assistant

Based: Near Guildford with hybrid working.

Must be Car Owner/driver due to location.

Salary: Dependant on Experience

Our SME Accountancy client is looking for a motivated, accounts person to join their organization.  This is a great role for a recent graduate who is keen to start a career in finance and looking to work for a company who not only offers a great working environment but also long term development.

Duties will include:

• • Owning Purchase Ledger duties including:
    • Entering supplier invoices into Xero
    • Preparing payment runs for approval and uploading to the bank for payment
    • Deal with Purchase Ledger queries as appropriate

• • Owning Sales Ledger duties including:
    • Responsible for taking Direct Debit payments for customers
    • Creating invoices for new customers
    • Raising repeating invoices from new contracts
    • Amending invoices for any changes
    • Monitoring Quotes created by Account Managers to ensure swift billing once accepted
    • Ensuring any issues with customers are raised with appropriate Account Managers
    • Deal with Sales Ledger queries

• Reconciling multiple bank accounts on Xero

• Overseeing DD mandates

• Managing Accruals and Pre Payments

• Payroll preparation including staff changes & Commission calculation

• Pension filing

• Assisting with Management Accounts at month end including:
  • • Monthly journals eg. accruals, cost reallocation
    • Prepayment management
    • Fixed Assets
    • Deferred Revenue

• Helping with or creating ad hoc reports as requested by other teams

• Ad hoc help as required by finance team and rest of company

Skills/Experience

• Ideally studying or keen to study ACCA/ACA
• Numerate
• Attention to Detail
• IT Literate
• Keen and willing to learn
• Team Player
• Self motivated

In return you will receive great support, a competitive salary, 25 days holiday, parking and Life Assurance and the chance to study for accounting qualifications long term.