Bookkeeper

Streamline Services are currently looking for an experienced Bookkeeper for our client, an industry leading container transport specialist, based in Stanford-Le-Hope. 

 This is a full-time, permanent position; Monday- Friday 8:30am-5:30pm, Salary NEG DOE.
 

Responsibilities:

• Work with existing team to ensure accounting records are maintained and accurate for the company and associated companies.
• Manage the Accounts Mailbox and ensure emails are dealt with correctly and efficiently
• Creating & Maintaining customer and supplier records on multiple systems
• Management of customer credit limits, including applying, increasing, cancelling credit limits though our trade credit portal.
• Running credit checks
• Ad hoc sales invoicing
• Credit control, allocating customer receipts, sending statements
• Process customer & supplier transactions
• Issuing and updating purchase orders
• Processing purchase invoices and checking supplier statements
• Processing contracts
• Reviewing and posting credit card transactions & employee expenses onto financial software
• Managing Sales and Purchase Invoice queries
• Making supplier payments
• Bank reconciliations
• Ad hoc admin and accounts duties
• Post journal entries, Use control accounts
• Assist Financial Controller with VAT Returns, Month End and Year End closedowns
• Run cost saving exercises
• Assist the Finance Controller, Directors and/or Management with ad hoc tasks and projects

Requirements: 

• Minimum qualification – AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting
• Advanced knowledge & experience using SAGE 50 accounts
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in similar role
• Good knowledge of Excel, Outlook and Word
• Good communication skills; fluent spoken and written English
• Someone who has a “can do” attitude
• Demonstrate positivity, approachability and have an investigative nature
• Excellent attention to detail