Accounts assistant required for a business in Warwick to directly manage the accounts receivable transactions, ensuring they comply with finance policies and procedures. To ensure client invoices are processed and paid in a timely fashion, ensuring all queries are resolved. Assist and support the wider finance team where required.
Must be able to work to time constraints and meet deadlines; be able to liaise with the Clients, Auditors and Advisors; have a good knowledge of Sage.

Main Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the delivery and maintenance of sales ledger accompanied by appropriate controls and reconciliations.
- Take responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of outstanding sales ledger balances.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Reconcile payments received against invoices and produce aged debtors listing.
- Send payment reminders and chasers as necessary, escalating aged debt accordingly.
- Investigate payment discrepancies and resolve disputes.
- Prepared to undertake ad hoc duties as part of a small team.
- Identify and recommend process and system changes.
- Assisting with the reconciliation of cashbooks and bank accounts.
- Assisting with monitoring Company cashflow and maintaining cashflow records.
- Provide support to the wider finance team as and when required.
- Carry out other reasonable tasks as requested by Management

Person Specification
- Self-motivated and take pride in completing tasks to the highest standard.
- Detailed and methodical - Duties are completed in an accurate manner whilst spotting irregularities and investigating them.
- Able to manage day to day priorities effectively proactively seek issues and be able to provide solutions for these.
- Pro-active - To go above and beyond and adapt to the changing needs of the team.
- Adaptive and logical - be able to think about and solve new issues that may arise as the company grows and faces new challenges.
- Good communication skills and able to build a strong rapport with teams’ key to the role.
- Technologically proficient and can make full use of technology and software to complete tasks efficiently and accurately.
- Able to manage time and responsibilities to ensure key tasks are completed to deadlines to ensure the rest of the department operates smoothly.
- Excellent excel skills.

This role is office based 5 days a week and the hours are 8.30am - 5pm with 1hour for lunch. Study support is available and other benefits include 25 days holiday