Accounts Payable / Receivable Assistant

Posted 17 hours 11 minutes ago by MTrec Recruitment

Permanent
Full Time
Other
County Durham, Durham, United Kingdom, DH1 1
Job Description

Rewards and Benefits on Offer;

  • Full time and permanent opportunity
  • Immediate start date
  • Competitive starting salary
  • Employee Assistance programme
  • Long service awards
  • Seasonal shut down
  • Hybrid working after successful probation

The Company you will be working for;

MTrec Commercial are proudly representing our industry leading client on their search for an experienced accounts payable/receivable assistant to join their team on a full time and permanent basis. If you have the required skills and experience, then please apply for an immediate response.

The Role you will be doing;

  • Supports AP and AR Ledgers for all UK companies.
  • Maintain positive relationships with suppliers and customers.
  • Ensure integrity of financial systems, policies, and processes.
  • Supports a culture where finance is a service function that adds value and is not seen as a business overhead.
  • Provides general accounting support to the finance leadership team.
  • Able to work and support across a range of financial functions and responsibilities.
  • Maintains process controls and account reconciliations.
  • Flexibility to work across finance functions.
  • Resolves queries and problems with suppliers, customers, or documentation in a timely fashion.
  • Processing of supplier invoices and payment runs.
  • Processing customer receipts and dealing with account queries.
  • Ensure internal processes and procedures are followed at all times.
  • Collate AP and AR metrics such as invoice failure types
  • Prepare weekly ledger reporting complete with variance analysis and commentary.
  • Supporting the finance team with monthly balance sheet reconciliations to ensure the integrity of financial processes, ledgers, records, and controls.
  • Liaising with internal departments to support on supplier and customer queries.
  • Assisting the Finance Manager with external audit requirements.
  • Providing financial / variance analysis as required.

About You;

  • QBE or AAT qualified.
  • Proficient ERP / IT skills.
  • Ability to develop positive working relationships.
  • Good communication skills - both written and verbal.
  • An analytical, challenging mindset.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Problem-solving, can-do attitude.
  • Commercial and business awareness.
  • Deadline-orientated and an ability to stick to time constraints.
  • Process orientated, suggests and implements process improvements.