Accounts Receivable Assistant / Trainee Accountant

🌍 Remote, USA 🎯 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

About the position

The Accounts Receivable Assistant / Trainee Accountant is a newly created role that is key in helping the team succeed and enabling the Company to grow and develop. The role will be largely credit control, accounts receivable day-to-day activity and some general ledger accounting. You will be joining a highly motivated team that is passionate about what they do in a Company that is going from strength to strength. This is an opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives and play a visible role in its success.

Customer invoicing and accounting for billing changes, cancellations, credit notes and refunds.
Responding to queries from customers (and colleagues in customer facing departments).
Preparing regular timely reports on the accounts receivable position for management.
Monitoring customers’ accounts and following-up on late payments.
Negotiating payment plans with customers.
Allocating cash receipts and credit notes promptly to ensure the accuracy of the sales ledger.
Participating in tasks and responsibilities relating to the month end / year end accounting and balance sheet control.
Supporting as needed with annual accounts / corporation tax filings, VAT returns and ONS surveys.
Project work as appropriate and as capacity allows.
Occasional adhoc cover for the accounts payable function.
Performing other duties as assigned by the Finance Director or Financial Controller.

Part qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or QBE equivalent.
Experience of Credit Control, Accounts Receivable and general accounting.
Experience using Xero.
Excellent Excel skills.
Positive can-do mentality.
Able to juggle multiple deadlines and manage competing priorities.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
High level of numerical analytical aptitude.
Values honesty, clarity, excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Exposure to finance processes / infrastructure in an established company and / or of successfully establishing these in a scale-up.
Strong knowledge of UK GAAP and VAT reporting / compliance; exposure to and / or knowledge of external audit of UK entities and of balance sheet control.
Experience using Salesforce.