Financial Assistant Credit Control Manchester, England
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
