Job description
Job Title: Accounts Assistant
Location: Telford
Reporting to: Finance Manager
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £22,000 per annum
Hours of Work: 9.00am to 17.30 (37.5 hours per week) Flexible with core hours
Pay Schedule: Monthly
Holidays: 28 days including BH. Christmas Shutdown. This will increase to 33 days plus BH
About the Business
Evolution Foods are market leaders in all things fruit, nuts & seeds! In the past couple of years have also expended into chocolate and peanut butter. Supplying both own label and private label products to major retailers across the UK & Europe. We are one of the fastest growing food manufacturing businesses in the local area, employing over 300 employees throughout our five sites.
Overview
The overall responsibility of the Accounts Assistant is to deal with the day-to-day administration of the accounts Department, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Month-End Duties
To competently fulfil this role, you must demonstrate excellent communication and organisation skills
Duties include:
Accounts Payable
·Booking invoices & credit notes
·Sending invoices for approval following approval method in place
·Liaising with suppliers and internal staff to resolve invoice queries
·Weekly Payment Runs
·Landed Costs
·Chasing internal staff weekly for overdue invoices awaiting approval
·Reconciling supplier statements
·Setting up supplier accounts
Accounts Receivable
·Booking incoming payments
·Booking customer debit notes & adjustment notes
·Liaising with customers to resolve debit note & adjustment note queries
·Booking POD Variances
·Running and making comments on weekly customer ageing
·Emailing and calling customers chasing for overdue invoices
·Setting up customer accounts
·Matching invoices awaiting EDI sending off with the POD
·Running daybooks to send off via email
·Raising non-EDI customer invoices
This list of duties is not exhaustive. You may be requested to be involved with various internal projects within the business, where your expertise is needed.
Skills:
·Excellent communicator
·Excellent organisational skills
·IT Literate
·Attention to detail
Essential Experience/Qualifications:
- Previous experience in an accounts department
Other
·Pension
·Suggestion Box, if suggestion rolled out, monetary incentive given
·Recommend a Friend Payment
·Digital Benefits Platform
·Onsite Parking
·Employee of the Month Scheme
·E-Learning/Training Facilities
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £22,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Accounting: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: EVOLUTIONAA2023