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YOU MUST BE RESIDING IN THE UK CURRENTLY, HAVE UK BASED EXPERIENCE AND NOT REQUIRE A SPONSORSHIP TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, PLEASE OTHERWISE DO NOT APPLY AS YOUR APPLICATION WON’T BE PROCESSED**
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Company details and job overview:

Kenton Black Finance are currently recruiting on behalf of a business that is based in the Burton in Kendal area. This company has been operating for over 20 years and has a turnover in excess of 55 million pounds. They are now recruiting for an Accounts Assistant on a part-time and permanent basis. You will work 30 hours per week from Monday to Friday. There is the option to work 3 or 4 days per week. The salary advertised is the full time equivalent, so please take this into account when applying for the job.

Your new role as the Accounts Assistant:

• Assisting the Financial Controller with accounting duties
• Deal with telephone queries from customers, suppliers and other third parties as required
• Processing all invoices/credit notes and statements
• Resolve any sales related queries identified by other staff such as raising credit notes
• Reconciliation and processing of weekly expenses BACs payment
• Posting of accounting journals into our accounting package Sun Systems
• Allocate receipts on Sage to sales invoices
• Matching, batching and inputting purchase invoices
• Update, monitor and reconcile site fee income spreadsheets and nominal accounts
• Ensure that customer’s balances reconcile to Sage
• Raising sales invoices, ensuring VAT is applied correctly
• Ensure suspense account is cleared monthly
• Ensure jobs are completed within required timescales or if it cannot be achieved then ensure that is communicated as soon as possible

Experience & Skills required to apply:

• Effective communication skills
• Good literacy skills, with excellent organisation skills
• Good IT skills including proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook etc.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to manage own workload

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 Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, London, 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