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Accounts Assistant

Perm
Fife
Fife
£Negotiable DOE
Accountancy & Finance
LH/72117
11.03.2025

Linda Hunter

Associate Director
Commercial & Administration
linda.hunter@escaperecruitment.com
01506 517 216
07557 116134

Description

Escape Recruitment Services is recruiting for our client, a successful manufacturing company based in Fife recruit an Accounts Assistant on a permanent basis.

Based within their small but busy Finance team, you will work 4 days per week onsite and one day remotely from home.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage all credit control responsibilities, from initial chasing to issuing final chase letters before litigation.
  • Reconcile debtor accounts, ensuring discrepancies are investigated and resolved promptly.
  • Liaise with debtors via email and phone to resolve queries and outstanding payments.
  • Investigate and resolve internal and external issues related to outstanding invoices.
  • Prepare monthly statement of accounts.
  • Process accounts receivable invoicing.
  • Check potential customers’ credit ratings with banks and agencies to determine creditworthiness.
  • Process monthly and weekly payroll for circa. 50 staff.
  • Assist Finance Manager with month end tasks and ad-hoc projects.

Skills & Experience Required:

  • Previous experience of working in a relevant Accounts &/or Finance Assistant role which should include credit control and ideally payroll tasks.
  • Exceptional communication skills, with internal and external customers.
  • Able to use initiative to plan and achieve own tasks and deadlines.
  • Confident IT skills particularly MS Excel.