Accounts Assistant (AP)

Accounts Assistant (AP) - GBA Global Solutions

SALARY - £28,000 to £31,000 (FTE) (depending on skills and experience)

DAYS/HOURS - Monday - Friday 39 hours

BASE - Hybrid (2 to 3 Days in Birmingham office)

Role:

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced, proactive, and diligent accounts assistant to join our finance team.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, this role will contribute significantly and give support to the processing of subcontractor (cost of sales) invoices, supplier (overheads) invoices, supplier payment runs, supplier statement reconciliations, and bank reconciliations.

Working in collaboration with the Assistant Accountant, the operations team and

department leads, this role will take the lead in ensuring the accurate and timely

delivery of the transactional accounts payable process, giving support to the month

end accounting and reporting process, with awareness of the impacts to the business' cashflows and working capital requirement.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience of working in the transport and logistics sector, or a similar environment.

Company:

GBA Global Solutions provides 24/7/365 UK national and global coverage from two main control centres and two hubs, focussed on domestic and European aerospace & airside logistics services (branded as 'GBA Skyway'), and global forwarding. 

GBA Global Solutions is part of the GBA Logistics group, which has been delivering

logistics solutions since 1987 and are a leading family-owned logistics company,

operating in the top 50 Logistics Companies in the UK with annual turnover in excess of £100m.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities:

Receipt, allocation and posting of supplier invoices

Purchase order processing for overhead invoices

Supplier statement reconciliation

Supplier payment run preparation

Weekly/monthly bank reconciliation 

Key Skills & Experience:

Ideally, we would like you to have a recognised finance or accounting

 qualification (e.g. AAT)

Purchase ledger - process supplier invoices and manage supplier

 communication

Ledger/control account, and bank reconciliations

Communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Use of various accounting & reporting software systems (Sage

 Intacct/Yooz/Boxtop)

Excellent time management and organisational skills

Benefits:

31 days holiday inc. Bank Holidays

Holiday loyalty scheme

Company Health Care Scheme

Company Sick Pay

Learning and Development opportunities

Bike2Work Scheme

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