Accounts Receivable Assistant
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Aberdeen
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 31 May 2021
- Closes
- 18 Jun 2021
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Our Client is looking for an Accounts Receivable Assistant, on a fixed term 14 month contract basis, location in Aberdeen.
ROLE
To take full responsibility of Accounts Receivable including processing invoices, verifying margins, processing bank receipts and credit control.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Sales invoicing across the group collating the appropriate information from the sales department, ensuring system sales orders are complete and correct and verifying margins before finalising
* Report daily receivables and post in Epicor
* Maintain accounts receivable spreadsheet and chase regions
* Updating of various monthly trackers for senior management
* VAT returns for various global entities including the Netherlands, Norway and Australia
* Calculation/payment of payroll in the Middle East, Australia and Asia
* Complete month-end processes including reconciliation work
* Providing support to the Accounts Payable Assistant, ensuring accuracy of values and coding
* Processing ad-hoc payments for the group
* Other ad-hoc duties as required
REQUIREMENTS
Essential:
* Must have completed a good level of secondary education
* Must possess relevant experience in a similar job role.
* Demonstrate good communication skills, along with an ability to work in a team environment.
* Must have an ability to work unsupervised and exercise initiative to resolve potential problems.
* Must demonstrate a strong understanding of basic accounting principles
* Must demonstrate competency in IT application tools, especially Excel
Preferred:
* HNC/HND would be desirable but not essential
* Experience of Epicor would be advantageous
Personal Qualities:
* Ability to plan, control and take responsibility for own work and related decisions
* Problem solving approach and a 'get it right first time' attitude
* Good communication skills, both verbal and written, and good team work skills
* Strong ability to perform well under pressure of a high and varied work load, tight deadlines and changing job priorities
* Attention to detail in all aspects of the job role
ROLE
To take full responsibility of Accounts Receivable including processing invoices, verifying margins, processing bank receipts and credit control.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Sales invoicing across the group collating the appropriate information from the sales department, ensuring system sales orders are complete and correct and verifying margins before finalising
* Report daily receivables and post in Epicor
* Maintain accounts receivable spreadsheet and chase regions
* Updating of various monthly trackers for senior management
* VAT returns for various global entities including the Netherlands, Norway and Australia
* Calculation/payment of payroll in the Middle East, Australia and Asia
* Complete month-end processes including reconciliation work
* Providing support to the Accounts Payable Assistant, ensuring accuracy of values and coding
* Processing ad-hoc payments for the group
* Other ad-hoc duties as required
REQUIREMENTS
Essential:
* Must have completed a good level of secondary education
* Must possess relevant experience in a similar job role.
* Demonstrate good communication skills, along with an ability to work in a team environment.
* Must have an ability to work unsupervised and exercise initiative to resolve potential problems.
* Must demonstrate a strong understanding of basic accounting principles
* Must demonstrate competency in IT application tools, especially Excel
Preferred:
* HNC/HND would be desirable but not essential
* Experience of Epicor would be advantageous
Personal Qualities:
* Ability to plan, control and take responsibility for own work and related decisions
* Problem solving approach and a 'get it right first time' attitude
* Good communication skills, both verbal and written, and good team work skills
* Strong ability to perform well under pressure of a high and varied work load, tight deadlines and changing job priorities
* Attention to detail in all aspects of the job role