Accounts Assistant job description

Job brief

We are seeking a detail-focused, personable and professional Accounting Assistant to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a good knowledge of basic accounting and excellent numeracy skills, along with great attention to detail. The focus of the role will be to provide support with both accounting, including AR/AP to the finance team, and also administrative support where required.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with the accounting team to understand the upcoming projects and deadlines for the department.
• Assist with uploading invoices into the accounting system.
• Assist with reviewing all incoming payments, ensuring payments come in on time.
• Make telephone calls and follow-up emails to accounts that are overdue for payment to the business.
• Draft and send reminders and final demand letters to overdue clients.
• Ensure the reconciliation is completed on a weekly or monthly basis and that the totals balance.
• Respond to invoice queries in a timely manner.
• Input payroll data and information onto the system.
• Extract data if requested by other team members.
• Review simple data and produce findings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or above in Business, Math, Finance, IT or related field, or equivalent education and experience
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a similar role
• Good computer skills, adept with Excel
• Excellent Math skills
• Confident in the use of software programs related to finance
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Great problem-solving abilities
• Able to work as part of a team
• Excellent report skills
• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize own workload and the workload of others