Careers - Finance & HR
Whether overseeing finances, developing processes, recruiting the best people, developing policies or co-ordinating training and general well-being, our finance and human resources team are pivotal to the success of our business.
Trainee Accounts Assistant
Location: Kidlington, Oxford
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Salary: £18,000 – 20,000 per annum
The Role
The Accounts Assistant – Graduate/Trainee opportunity is an amazing opportunity for a recent Finance Graduate or someone with basic accounting experience to learn more and progress their career within Finance
Job Responsibilities
Accounts Payable
- Daily Supplier invoice entry, with automatic invoice matching.
- Supplier account management including but not limited to: New Supplier set-up; payment run, payment allocations; account reconciliations and investigation
- Accounts Payable reconciliation, GRNI & Unmatched Invoice reconciliations
- Co-ordinate invoices passed to purchasing for queries etc. ensuring items are rectified within a timely manner
Accounts Receivable
- Customer account management including but not limited to: ad-hoc invoice creation and entry; debtor chasing; credit applications and checks; payment allocations; account reconciliations and investigations
- Control / check suspended orders and accounts.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- A sound knowledge of Finance processing
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail and highly organised.
- The capability to deliver accurate information on a timely basis, with limited supervision
- The ability to understand, scrutinise and problem solve.
- Excellent telephone manner
- A good listener, possessing a high degree of sensitivity combined with the faculty to be objective.
- Must be comfortable raising and handling queries with both external suppliers and customers, as well as internal personnel.
- Good IT skills including Microsoft Office and in particular Excel
- Excellent numeracy skills
- A flexible approach to assisting other team members
Employee Benefits
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Free fruit to ensure you maintain your five a day
How to apply
For an informal discussion about the role, please call 01865 852010 to speak to Diane Green diane@savonva.co.uk
Applications close on 29 April 2022. We reserve the right to close applications earlier than this date..
Purchase Ledger Accounts Assistant
Location: Kidlington, Oxford
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Salary: £20,000 – £24,000 per annum
The Role
We are looking for a Purchase Ledger Accounts Assistant with a busy Accounts Department to joint our small and friendly team who manage the accounts payable function across the Group
Job Responsibilities
- Processing a high volume of GRN invoices
- Coding and inputting of expense invoices
- Supplier payment
- Supplier statement reconciliations
- Dealing with supplier invoice and payment queries
- Other accounts functions and support as required
- Processing a high volume of invoices (Up to 70 invoices per day)
- Resolve purchase ledger queries
- Allocating payments
- Communicating with other depts, branches and suppliers
Person Specification
- Excellent Communication skills both written and verbal
- Attention to detail and highly organised
- The ability to understand, scrutinise and problem solve.
- Must be comfortable raising and handling queries with both external suppliers and customers, as well as internal personnel.
- Attention to detail and a methodical way of working
- Excellent numeracy skills
- A flexible approach to assisting other team members
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Previous experience of a Purchase Ledger role
- Excellent telephone manner
- Knowledge of Sage accounts a must
- Experience with Microsoft Office packages including Outlook, Word and Excel
Employee Benefits
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Free fruit to ensure you maintain your five a day
How to apply
For an informal discussion about the role, please call 01865 852010 to speak to Diane Green diane@savona.co.uk
Applications close on 29 April 2022. We reserve the right to close applications earlier than this date.
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…On a mission to provide excellent customer experience with the values we hold dear.
- We care passionately about quality of service, our staff and our partners
- We’re independent, and not afraid to do things differently
- We believe in an honest price-value relationship
- We love our environment, and set ourselves high sustainability targets
CONTACT
South West T: 01271 862569
Central & S East T: 01865 852010
London: 020 4553 0088