Finance Assistant Dundee, Scotland
Job description
C J Lang & Son Ltd is the wholesaler for SPAR Scotland, the largest symbol group in Scotland. We are a family-owned Retail and Distribution business with our Head Office based in Dundee. We are proud to serve local communities through our Company Owned SPAR Stores throughout Scotland and have a distribution network covering countryside to coast backed by outstanding operational organisation.
Finance Assistant
An opportunity has arisen for a full-time Finance Assistant within our Finance Department, based at our Regional Distribution Centre in Dundee.
Working with our Financial Accountant :-
1. Finance Assistant - Sales ledger
What you’ll be doing:
- You will be responsible for processing and transmitting customer direct debits to the bank for collection
- Managing and identifying bounced direct debits to ensure relevant parties are contacted to chase settlement
- Producing standardised reports for key stakeholders
- Maintaining excel spreadsheet reconciliations of certain key ledger accounts
- Other duties including answering customer queries, ledger reconciliation from daily reports
2. Finance Assistant - Purchase ledger
What you’ll be doing:
- You will be responsible for the maintenance and control of our purchase ledger
- Daily checking of e-mail receipts and actioning responses
- Reviewing accounts where manual payments are required, keeping payments up to date and advising colleagues of bank transfers as required
- Transferring files received from suppliers into the accounting system for weekly processing
- Processing, checking and completing the weekly automated payment run
- Reconciliation of supplier statements and resolving queries
- Processing discount and claim deductions to supplier accounts
3. Finance Assistant - Treasury
What you’ll be doing:
- You will be responsible for the daily maintenance and reconciliation of large transaction volumes through our various bank accounts
- Posting manually generated receipts and payments to the general ledger
- Processing bank payments and maintaining SO/DD files
- Processing supplier payment files
- Weekly cash flow reconciliations
The ideal candidates will have:
· Previous finance experience would be preferred it is not essential as full training will be given
· Strong numeracy skills
· Excellent attention to detail and administration skills
· Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word
· Good communication skills
· Enjoys working as part of a team and independently
· A positive “can do” attitude
An attractive salary package commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered to the successful applicant.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Are you able to commute daily to Dundee?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
