Finance Assistant

This is an opportunity to join a leading expert in immunoassay development and manufacturing services, and provides an extensive portfolio of products and technologies to the global diagnostic markets.

The Person

They are looking for a confident and self-motivated Finance Assistant, to deal with all aspects of the accounts receivable and payable functions from start to finish. The role will be varied, challenging where there is plenty of opportunity to learn new skills and develop your career.

The Role:

- Ensuring all customers and suppliers are set up
- Processing of all sales and purchase invoices (PO and non PO invoices) including ensuring that invoices and credit notes are processed
- Cash allocation of payments and receipts
- Ensuring timely cash receipts in line with contractual terms. Escalation to Manager/Sales team
- Ensuring timely cash payments in line with pre-determined payment dates
- Handling and resolving customer and internal sales related queries
- Handling and resolving supplier related and internal queries
- Management of accounts mailbox
- Preparation of Month-end reconciliations of accounts receivable, accounts payable and cash book accounts (including all petty cash accounts)Ensuring monthly statements are dispatched to the customer and all supplier statements are reconciled upon receipt including investigation and resolution of variances
- Monthly posting and reconciliation of bank accounts
- Ensuring all intercompany related transactions are recorded appropriately at each entity/site
- Monitoring and circulating customer credit limits in line with credit rating reports
- Monitoring approved supplier lists
- Filing and archiving of all accounts receivable, accounts payable and banking documentation
- Monitoring customer and supplier master data
- Responsibility for monitoring, delivering and producing business reporting
- Ad hoc finance duties

Basic Requirements:

- Ability to work well in a fast paced environment
- Strong organisational skills
- Previous experience of accounts receivable and payable processing is essential. Knowledge of working in a multi-national environment would be preferred
- Accounts Receivable processing knowledge should cover from raising of invoice to ultimate receipt of cash and reconciliation of customer account
- Accounts Payable processing knowledge should cover from processing the supplier invoice through to payment of cash and reconciliation of supplier account
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong numeracy skills
- Strong IT knowledge
- Highly self-motivated individual able to operate under own initiative
- Must be fluent in English (written & spoken

Part-qualified individuals will be considered

The Company
They deliver exceptional products and technologies that people rely on to enjoy a better quality of life. Through innovation, partnership, effective delivery and the collaboration of our people, we constantly strive for excellence.

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