Finance Assistant

Job Summary by the Career Balance Team:

Unity Doors, a specialist in composite and timber doorsets, is hiring a Finance Assistant to join their Finance team in Newent, Gloucestershire. The role involves credit control, reconciliation of payments, emailing customers with statements and invoices, and managing the debtors ledger. Other responsibilities include reconciling banks, analyzing sales and financial trends, assisting with VAT returns, and supporting the Finance Director with ad-hoc duties and audits. The ideal candidate should have experience in credit control, excellent communication and numerical skills, proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel, and a highly organized approach to work.

Job Description:

Unity Doors is a specialist in the design, manufacture and supply of composite and timber doorsets and accessories. We are recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join our Finance team based at our head office in Newent, Gloucestershire.

Reporting to:              Finance Director                                          

Location:                    Head offices in Newent, Gloucestershire

Hours of work:           Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week, 8.45am to 5.00pm with a 3.45pm finish on a Friday

Salary:                        Dependent on experience – Up to £33k per annum

Benefits:                     Up to 23 days holiday (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme, life assurance, retail discounts portal, employee assistance programme, discount on door products

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Credit Control of the business to include daily chasing of accounts for payment, predominantly by phone, ensuring customer payments are received to agreed credit terms.
• Reconciliation of payments to remittances received and valuations issued.
• Emailing customers with statement of accounts and invoices.
• Applying for credit limits from credit insurers and review customer credit worthiness from credit provider ensuring customer accounts do not exceed insured credit limits.
• Accountable for end-to-end management of debtors ledger.
• Locating ‘Proof of Deliveries’ documents and forwarding on to the customer.
• Liaising with other departments to ensure any customer invoice queries are resolved quickly and efficiently.
• Reconciliations of banks on a monthly basis.
• Liaising with bank to ensure full audit trails are adhered to.
• Continuous analysis and review of company retentions held ledger.
• Support the Finance Director in the monthly review and analysis of sales and financial trends within the business.
• Assisting in quarterly VAT returns.
• Support the Finance Director on ad-hoc duties, project work and audit activities, as and when required.

 Skills, abilities, and characteristics: 

• Established and successful experience in Credit Control / Debt Collection activities, ideally within a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and ability to influence and negotiate.
• Strong numerical skills backed with analytical skills.
• Experience, knowledge and ability to use Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Highly organised approach to work and able to react positively to demands from the business.
• Positive approach to work with a passion to succeed.

Location: Newent, Gloucestershire