Job DescriptionAccounts Assistant
An exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and fast paced growing finance team, making a difference to lives every day.
Abbots Care is an award-winning domiciliary community care provider in Hertfordshire with a CQC rating of outstanding. Within the role as the Accounts Assistant, you will support Abbots care’s finance department with their day-to-day functions, by carrying accounting duties and performing administrative and clerical duties.
Abbots Care is a growing business within social care and a lead provider across the Hertfordshire area, this role will provide an opportunity to be a part of an industry that is essential to our society and one that is known for job security in the face of a recession or economic downturn.
This is a full time role, based in the St Albans office.
The role:
- Preparing and checking customer invoices
- Responding to invoice queries in a timely and efficient manner
- Maintaining accurate and detailed customer records
- Building a good rapport with clients and providing the accounting team with relevant information
- Collecting monthly direct debits, taking payments of the phone and making payments to supplier
- Preparing and entering journals into the system
- Credit control
- Basic administration: taking care administrative tasks, such as correspondence, filing and printing
Person Specification:
- Previous experience working as part of an accounting team in an office environment
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, in order to deal with customers, suppliers and employees
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills to ensure that the processes run smoothly
- Ability to work as a part of a team
- Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
- Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
- Proficiency with accounting software, such as QuickBooks preferable although training will be provided
- Committed to our organisational values
If this job appeals to you, please send me a message to discuss in more detail. Steph @ Abbots Care.