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Background

ID&C is an established award winning business based in Tunbridge Wells that supplies wristbands and accreditation to some of the world’s largest music festivals and sporting events. We have been privately owned and family run for over 20 years and hold a number of exclusive patents on products in the UK across the globe
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The Role:

As Accounts Assistant you will report to the Sales Ledger Administrator, and ultimately Head of Finance, and be responsible for credit control and supporting the sales team in reviewing and processing orders.
Hours of Work: tbc - we can be flexible

Tasks:

Primarily working under the supervision of the Sales Ledger Administrator to ensure completion of the following daily tasks:
Processing incoming customer receipts to the Cash Book (Sage 200).
Clearing money received through PayPal to the bank account, and posting to the Cash Book.
Assisting with the processing of Card Transactions through our Online payment platform.
Ensuring orders can be processed with reference to customer credit limits and stock levels.
Ensuring Sales Orders comply with a checklist to enable them to be processed, or “Acknowledged”:
• performing credit check on the customer account,
• ensuring stock is available,
• confirming appropriate charges are applied.
Managing sales team enquiries regarding customer credit status.
Generating credit checking reports for customer credit applications.
Running standard Daily Reports and sending them to relevant departments.
Supplying copies of Customer invoices when requested.
Credit Control assistance – chasing slow paying customers for the collection of old balances.
Issuing customer statements on a monthly and ad-hoc basis.
Assisting with ad-hoc accounting duties.
Managing office purchases (stationery, milk, etc).
Answering the telephone and assisting with ad-hoc enquiries.
Supporting the sales team in reviewing orders.

Requirements:

Attention to detail is key!
Have the ability to prioritise tasks and deal with them in a timely manner.
Have excellent organisational and communication skills, both in house and on a customer level.
Be honest, reliable and trustworthy.
Have an analytical and numeric mind-set.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

Other Preferred Attributes:

Experience of working in a busy finance function.
Experience of debt collection.
An understanding of Sage and Finance functions preferred but not essential.