We're looking for someone to join our dedicated and professional finance team at Blueleaf, where innovation meets excellence. We are seeking a meticulous and proactive Finance Assistant to join our Accounts Payable team. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has a keen eye for detail. If you love numbers and have a knack for keeping things balanced, we want to hear from you!
About Blueleaf
At Blueleaf we believe those who care for others are extraordinary. We're here to support them and ensure they never feel alone, and by understanding our clients needs and challenges, this allows us to find the right solutions to achieve their desired outcomes, as well as providing the essentials that every care home needs. In an industry which is all about people, we value relationships above all else, we take the time to get to know them, listen to them, and walk in their shoes and those of their residents - always living our values: 'Stronger Together, Achieve the Outcome, Lead the Way and Care. Always'.
With over 30-years experience in the care home sector and occupying a large portion of this market, were continually looking at ways to expand and grow by seeking new opportunities, and to use our experience and expertise to help care homes deliver outstanding care for their residents. We want to be the best at what we do which is why we focus on expertise and excellence, and a 'Blueleafer' embodies consideration, responsibility, humour, teamwork and honesty no matter what job they are doing.
Blueleaf is an equal opportunities employer.
Your day to day responsibilities:
Live and promote Blueleaf's Culture and Values
- Reconcile supplier statements request missing bills/credits and resolve any discrepancies
- Liaise with supplier on a regular basis to ensure our accounts are accurate
- Run an unapproved bills report and distribute to the responsible employees
- Process payment runs on NetSuite and apply manual payments, produce a payment run control file
- Raise issues internally and externally for any posting queries, ensure they are logged and resolved
- Assist management accountants with month end duties and report back with relevant accruals (i.e. missing and unapproved bills)
- Support the bank reconciliation by using the match bank data tool in NetSuite and accurately matching banking and NetSuite transactions. Resolve any missing or unposted transactions
- Reconcile and post transactions for company credit cards
- Provide support and cover whilst other members of the team are on annual leave
- Ad hoc duties when required
Suppliers - Direct Debits
- Post DD payments onto NetSuite and match to bills chase suppliers for any missing bills. Reconcile the accounts so they are up to date
- Correctly code DD bills to the right cost centres
- Review DD supplier activity and keep the bank up to date
- Post PayPal transactions and reconcile
Suppliers - Other
- Manage AP mailbox ensure e-mails are sorted, responded to and correctly dealt with, daily
- Scan and post bills received by post
- Accurately post supplier bills to NetSuite
- Review Purchase Order bills for price and quantity discrepancies
- Manual bills to be coded to correct cost centres
Skills, Experience and Qualities
- Experience gained in working in a fast-paced finance environment, in particular AP
- Previous use of a finance system
- Assertiveness, but respectful of others
- Commercial awareness with a business sense reflected in all decision and actions
- Negotiation skills, exploring all alternatives for successful outcomes supported by all stakeholders
- Excellent team worker communicate and support the team as a whole
- Accounting treatment of all purchase and general ledger, and cash book relatedtransactions
- General accounting principles and standards
What will we offer?
We will offer a salary of £32,040.00 per annum, 33 days holiday inclusive of bank and public holidays. You will be eligible for inclusion in a discretionary bonus scheme, auto-enrolment into our pension scheme, and a number of welfare benefits such as Death in Service benefit, access to our Medicash scheme that provides cash back towards everyday healthcare bills and access to an Employee Assistance Program.
Location
You will be located at our Head office in Crawley, West Sussex.
Next Steps
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