Accounts Assistant

Saville Assessment is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Accounts Assistant to join their Finance team on a temporary basis for 6 months. The role involves managing credit control, supporting the sales team with financial reporting, and maintaining accurate customer records while acting as a professional point of contact for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Proactively Manage the credit control process to keep aged debtors within the company's stated policy threshold, anticipating potential issues and taking early action
• Generate and send customer statements, payment reminders, and overdue notices in a timely manner
• Issue credit notes and re-issue invoices as required, ensuring all records are accurate and complete
• Take ownership of billing and payment queries, liaise confidently with internal teams and external customers to resolve billing and payment queries within agreed timeframes
• Maintain a professional and courteous manner when handling sensitive or overdue account conversations
• Keep customer records and credit control logs up to date and accurate
• Assist the Sales team with the extraction and analysis of client sales activity data
• Support the wider Finance function with ad hoc tasks and responsibilities as required, showing initiative and a willingness to take on new challenges
• Actively contribute to continuous improvement of finance processes and internal controls, bringing fresh ideas and a keenness to learn best practice

Skills

• Proven experience in credit control and/or sales ledger management
• Confident and professional communicator - comfortable handling account queries and overdue conversations with clients by phone and email
• Strong attention to detail with well-developed organisational skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel (e.g. VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, data formatting)
• Able to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure and proactively flag or resolve issues before they escalate
• Experience with Microsoft Business Central or a similar accounting system (full training will be provided)
• Prior exposure to the professional services or SaaS/technology sector
• Part-qualified or working towards an accounting qualification (AAT, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) is a plus
• 1–3 years' experience in an accounts receivable, credit control, or finance assistant role
• Experience working within a small-to-mid-size finance team
• A Finance, Accounting, or Business degree (or equivalent) is advantageous but not essential

Benefits

• Attractive benefits package

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