Financial Assistant Credit Control

Financial Assistant Credit Control Manchester, England

Civic Engineers Ltd
Full Time Manchester, England 22000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

We're seeking an experienced Financial Assistant (credit control) to cover maternity leave in our busy finance team. The successful candidate will be a quick learner and be adept at learning systems, have previous client facing experience and be able to build a rapport with clients. You will also have a solid background working in a Finance team and be able to understand accounts reconciliation. In addition you need to be able to have difficult conversations - part of the role involves debt chasing!

You will work 3 days in our Manchester studio and 2 days remotely.

Scope of the Job:

You will manage the sales ledger and the credit control process for the practice (we have 4 studios across the UK).

This role reports to our Finance Manager.

Responsibilities:

· Ownership of the credit control process, monitor customer balances and ensure issues are highlighted to management on a timely manner

· Customer registration form completion & interrogation

· Draft and issue sales invoices

· Ownership of the billing process on project management system Rapport3 for the above studios, ensuring that customers are invoiced on a timely manner

· Understand fee drawdowns & agreements with customers and ensure these are correctly reflected in the billing process

· Reconcile customer accounts on the accounting system & project management system

· Supplier registration form completion

· Purchase ledger data entry on Xero

· Processing expenses

· Assisting with month end

· Assist the Finance Team with any requirements

Experience Required

· Experience of debt recovery and credit control

· Experience in the billing process & accounts reconciliation

· Ideally but not essential Xero experience

· Ideally but not essential experience of working in a professional service company (e.g. Engineers, architects, surveyors, consultants, lawyers, accountants)

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

· Strong written and English speaking ability

· Advanced IT Skills (Highly proficient in office)

· Knowledge of accounting system (Xero ideal)

· Ideally AAT part qualified or any other finance and accountancy related qualification

· Immaculate attention to detail

· Excellent organisation skills

· Assertive

· Able to prioritise and manage deadlines

About us:

We are structural and civil engineers with a passion and expertise in the design and delivery of high-quality buildings, public realm, and structures. Ultimately, our wish is that our work has a positive impact on the environment, which enables people to lead healthier and happier lives, working within the sensible limitations of the natural environment: building not destroying, exploring not exploiting, reusing not just using, listening and learning, creating a legacy.

Our award-winning practice is now 160-strong, based across four city centre studios: Manchester, London, Leeds and Glasgow. We are pleased to be working on some of the most prestigious and innovative projects in the UK. Our finance team play a crucial role in our success.

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Salary: From £22,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Additional leave
  • Casual dress
  • Childcare
  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Discounted or free food
  • Free or subsidised travel
  • Life insurance
  • Private medical insurance
  • Referral programme
  • Sick pay
  • Wellness programme
  • Work from home

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • 77 Dale St Manchester, M1 2HG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

  • accounting: 1 year (required)
  • credit control: 1 year (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in 77 Dale St Manchester, M1 2HG

Financial Assistant Credit Control
Civic Engineers Ltd

www.civicengineers.com
Manchester, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1 to 50 Employees
Company - Private
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