Accounts Assistant

Working for Hochiki Europe

At Hochiki Europe we believe that our customers deserve the best, both in terms of the manufactured product, but also the service we offer. We know that our people are key to our ongoing success, and we recognise and value and contribution that our teams make. In return we can offer full and rewarding careers, competitive benefits and great opportunities in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Department: Finance

Location: Gillingham

Role Purpose

Support Accounts Department by handling day to day transactional operations, including processing invoices, managing accounts payable/receivable, processing intercompany transactions, and reconciling bank statements, suppliers and customers statements to SAP in a timely manner. This is a fixed Term contract and will be until the end of March 2027

Who you’ll report to

Financial Controller

What you’ll be doing

• Assist with sales and purchase order processing in SAP.
• Timely running of customer invoicing and upload of AP invoices on SAP.
• Accurate coding of transactions when posting onto the system.
• Reconciling customer and supplier statements to SAP.
• Dealing with customers/supplier queries and disputes in a timely manner
• Liaise regularly with relevant departments internally in resolving transactional queries
• Timely recording of bank payments and receipts in SAP
• Cash management and multi-currency transactions processing.
• Recording Credit Card transactions and expense claims onto the system
• Assist in running weekly and EOM payments (BACS and TT’s)
• Produce fully reconciled Ageing reports for review monthly.
• Assisting other members of the department when required - Holiday / Sick Cover
• To carry out any other ad hoc duties.

Who you’ll be working with

• Accounts team, procurement, Hochiki vendors and Internal Departments.

Person Specification

We are looking for individuals who are highly motivated and have a passion to contribute to the success of Hochiki. In addition to this, you will possess the following:

Qualifications

• Essential: GCSE’s Mathematics and English
• Desirable: AAT or ACCA.

Experience

• Essential: Training will be provided as required
• Desirable: Previous experience as an Accounts Assistant or Finance Officer position

Knowledge

Desirable: SAP

Technical skills

• Computer Literate with knowledge of Windows operating system

Personal qualities

• Good oral and written communication skills
• An analytic approach to problem solving
• A good thinker and active listener
• Good time management skills
• Good problem-solving skills
• Self-starter with the ability to quickly learn about new processes