Accounts & Finance Administrator

Job description

  Location
Basingstoke, Hampshire
·  Salary
£ 21000 - £ 24000 / Year
·  Category
Accountancy & Finance - AAT
·  Job type
Permanent
·  Industry
Banking and Financial Services
·  External Reference
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Our client are a busy corporate Basingstoke based organisation who are now looking to recruit an Accounts and Finance administrator to join their busy team.

You will have solid accounts experience as well as having studied or studying towards your AAT or equivalent.

Job details:

The is a varied role which encompasses banking and administrative support across the Finance function. Whilst varied the role is key to ensuring Operational Finance runs smoothly.

*Accurately process daily banking entries, dealing with any banking queries and ensuring the bank accounts are fully reconciled at month end.
*Ensure that cheque receipts are banked in a timely manner and recorded appropriately in NAV to ensure the Credit Controllers have up to date information.
*Co-ordinate weekly and one-off payment runs, ready for authorisation, ensuring that all suppliers are paid on time and notified accordingly.
*Ensuring refunds via cheque are processed within agreed timescales.
*Provide the business with up to date information surrounding transactions.
*Create new customers, vendors, items and dimensions in NAV within agreed timescales, in line with the original request.
*Update vendor and customer accounts up to date with the relevant information, i.e. addresses, bank details, email addresses etc.
*Complete month end tasks as assigned, to include transaction allocations within deadlines set.
*Assist with year end and interim audit requirements.
*Responsible for the Accounts mailbox and keeping it within a 2 day SLA.
*Working with the wider finance team to continually improve processes and automate reporting
*Provide annual leave cover as agreed for the wider finance team.
*Undertake ad hoc reports, projects or analysis as required.

Skills and Experience required

*Experience gained in similar working environment
*Good working knowledge of Excel and Microsoft packages
*Highly numerate with good communication skills, both verbal and written with strong report writing skills
*The job holder should be AAT qualified or an AAT studier (or equivalent)
*Initiative to find solutions and improve ways of working
*Able to work unsupervised and outside defined scope of the role
*Accurate, thorough and reliable
*Self-motivated, highly organised and methodical with attention to detail.
*Great interpersonal skills
*Enthusiastic and ambitious
*Able to meet tight deadlines and deal with the prioritisation of conflicting requirements

This is a permanent role paying £21k- £24k per annum depending on experience along with excellent training and benefits.

Adecco is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.