Accounts Assistant

Job Title: Accounts Assistant

Location: Silsoe, Bedfordshire

Salary: GBP 24,000

Company

My client provides property and facility maintenance as well as fire safety solutions to the commercial and property management sector. The team of estimators is crucial in delivering a fast, reliable service quote and costing service to their clients.

The Opportunity

The role provides the opportunity to support the growth of the business in the accounts team. This is an important role for the business in ensuring a smooth end process for our clients by making sure that invoices are correct and sent on time, and also that our clients receive great service for any queries they might have.

About the job

Supplier Administration

• Receiving, preparing, and loading supplier invoices into accounting package (Sage)
• Completing checks on invoices received to ensure all costs incurred are charged out at the correct rates
• Completing verification of account values before payment
• Receiving supplier calls and dealing with supplier queries

Accounts Admin Support

• Administer the accounts email inbox
• Add new properties and customers to the accounting and operating system
• Administration of client invoices
• Support the invoice finance facility administration

Invoice Collection Assistance

• Keeping track of assigned customer accounts to identify outstanding debts
• Contacting debtors and encouraging timely payment
• Handling customer queries and working with the operations team to resolve invoicing issues

About the successful applicant

You'll need to be self-disciplined, experienced, accountable, flexible, and have a positive pro-active vision for growth both for the company and personally.

To be successful you will have:

• Experience in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Experience in Sage
• Experience and confidence in dealing with suppliers and clients over the telephone
• Experience working in an accounts team
• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider supervised team

Package

• Competitive Salary
• Pension scheme
• 20 days holiday + bank holidays