Mosaic Recruitment are looking for an experienced Accounts Assistant to join our client based in Harlow.

The successful candidate will have experience working in a similar role and will be confident that you can hit the ground running.

You will take on the full responsibility and management of the credit control function for the as well as undertaking Purchase Ledger tasks and other accounts tasks as directed by the Finance Director.

Main Duties/Responsibilities

• Raising sales invoices and issuing to customers.
• Issuing monthly statements to customers.
• Ensuring all customers pay within terms, chasing up those who exceed terms promptly.
• Ensuring all customer accounts are fully allocated and reconciled.
• Posting and allocating customer receipts on a daily basis to ensure account is fully up to date at all times.
• Monitoring the pro-forma account to ensure all current and allocated.
• Opening new accounts (subject to credit checking process).
• Amending terms on accounts (subject to FD approval).
• Ensuring non-funded account receipts are duly accounted for on the system.
• Advising the bank of any new proforma accounts so they are excluded from funding.
• Dealing with queries on invoices in a timely manner, liaising with appropriate department/managers to resolve the query to ensure payment is not held up.
• Escalating any account issues/abnormalities to the FD promptly.
• Posting purchase ledger invoices to the system and matching against appropriate purchase orders.
• Ensuring all purchase ledger invoices are signed off and approved prior to posting on system.
• Reviewing aged creditors on a weekly basis to ensure all accounts are fully allocated.
• Chasing up suppliers for missing invoices against unallocated payments.
• Resolving queries on purchase ledger invoices in a timely manner.
• Reconciling key supplier accounts to statements on a monthly basis.
• Filing purchase ledger invoices posted to the system promptly.
• Keeping a log of suppliers chasing for payment to present to FD.

This role is full time working Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm.