Accounts Assistant Accounts Payable

Company details and job overview:
Kenton Black Finance are supporting a business based in the Bispham area who have been operating for over 13 years. The company passionately believes that by investing in people they will drive the success of their business through long term relationships and that the best way to learn is to explore. They are currently recruiting for an Accounts Assistant to work on a full-time and permanent basis. The job is mainly purchase ledger based and you would work 35 hours per week.
Your new job as the Accounts Assistant:
• High volume invoice processing into sage 200.
• Authorisation of invoices via various methods.
• Liaising and building relationships with suppliers both in the UK and overseas.
• Production of a weekly payment run.
• Processing payments via an online banking system, including foreign currency payments.
• Query resolution.
• Posting daily cashbook transactions and bank reconciliations.
• Supporting the accounts receivable teams tasks when required.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications required to apply:
• A self-starter with the ability to work under own initiative as well as part of a wider team.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise workload.
• Able to work to tight deadlines whilst under pressure.
• Ability to follow procedures and a willingness to enhance them.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to resolve problems.
• Good analytical skills.
• Adaptable and flexible.
• Experience of delivering to multiple stakeholders is desirable.
• An AAT qualification (or studying towards an AAT qualification) would be advantageous but not essential.
• Experience of Sage would be highly advantageous.
• Proven experience as an Accounts Assistant (or similar) working in a finance department, processing high volume transactions and working to tight deadlines.
• Proven experience and a full understanding of delivering exceptional internal and external customer service.
• Good understanding of basic accounting principles.
• Good Excel skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Diligent with great attention to detail.
Salary and Reward on offer:
• 33 days of annual leave (including Bank holidays),
• Flexible working hour requests can also be considered around term time
• Annual salary reviews linked to performance.
• Reward and recognition programme.
• Pension scheme after a qualifying period (the company will contribute 3%).
• Access to company funded Health and Mental Wellbeing resources.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising by 1 day for every 5 years of service (up to a maximum of 30 days).
• Up to 10 days unpaid leave can be requested (subject to approval).
• Training, development, and progression opportunities (Study sport).
• Team events.
• On-site car park and close to public transport.
• A people-focussed, customer-centric environment with an amazing support network. They have built an exciting, energetic, and innovative culture by working together.
Kenton Black Finance operate across the UK as a market leading recruitment partner, specialising in the attraction of finance talent across both permanent and interim requirements. With a team of dedicated experts, each with longevity operating in the finance arena, we maintain a proven track record and have established partnerships with businesses both large, small and those in their infancy. Market leaders, we provide recruitment solutions from entry level finance to directorship professionals. Operating from local offices in Preston, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, Aberdeen and Glasgow, Kenton Black Finance remain a dynamic and effective recruitment partner who represent and attract only the finest finance talent in the local area and across the UK.