Accounts Assistant - Purchase Ledger
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| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Banbury |
| Area | Oxfordshire, England |
| Sector | Accountancy and Finance |
| Salary | £21000 - £24000 per annum + Benefits & 25 days Holiday |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Job Ref | AAKD17 |
| Job Views | 128 |
- Description
- Main Purpose
To work with the accounts team to perform all purchase ledger duties throughout the purchase to pay process (P2P). To process all invoices on a daily basis. To support system administration routines and provide cover for Accounts Receivable function as necessary. Develop in the role to support some of the monthly routines in assisting with month end (fixed asset journals, preparing prepayments and accruals).
Key Responsibilities
*Purchase Ledger and P2P duties:
*Process all purchase invoices on a daily basis and ensure approved in line with company policy from relevant department managers
*Complete supplier statement reconciliations and follow up on supplier and invoice queries
*Prepare payment runs in line with supplier terms for approval and ad hoc payments set up on the bank system
*Support the finance team preparing a cash flow outlook based on future payment runs
*Reconcile the bank balances on a daily basis and provide a daily update on bank movements
*Manage the "Goods Received Not Invoiced (GRNI) and invoice register report on a timely basis
*Setup new suppliers whist working within the control framework
Accounting Support - Role development
*Assist with monthly routines to include preparing and posting prepayments, accruals and fixed asset journals supporting the finance team to meet its month end deadlines
*Prepare month end bank reconciliation for all currencies and maintain balance sheet reconciliations for accruals and prepayment
*Prepare the monthly VAT and instrastat return
Adhoc Support to Accounts Receivable
*Provide holiday cover for Accounts Receivable function to support daily tasks, including sales invoice posting and cash allocation
System Administration
*Collate information for product new line forms in order to support creation of new stock codes including all standard fields (using Syspro system support to create new line form which can be automatically uploaded)
*Create new stock codes (until new process in place)
*Update stock list for delisted items
*Create Bill of Materials (BOMs) and amend ad identified for change through business review
*Support process to update standard costs on BOMs
*Ensure ongoing update of data categorisation fields in Syspro - make amendments on an adhoc basis as they arise
*Validate costs on BOM against invoice cost in order to support ongoing update of standard costs
*Adhoc system administration support in order to maintain system accuracy and data integrity - update and amend standing data as required
Key Skills and Experience
Previous experience of an accounts function having working in Purchase Ledger
Understands basic bookkeeping entries to general ledgers
Highly organised
Good Excel skills
Willing to support a busy finance team with a can do attitude
Enjoy the opportunity to learn and take on responsibility and develop in the role
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