Accounts Assistant

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Windsor, Berkshire, England
Junior
Insurance • Financial Services
The Role
The Accounts Assistant will support the finance department with purchase ledger activities, reconciliations, compliance, and budget preparation, while managing finance-related inboxes and documents.
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Company Description

At Neilson, we’re dedicated to helping families secure financial protection for their loved ones with a range of life insurance options. 

Neilson is a leading provider of innovative, simple and great-value direct life insurance products. You may have come across some of our brands such as British Seniors and Smart Insurance.

We have evolved from our origins in the UK, where the business was launched in 2012, to become an award-winning international operation and leader in the global life insurance market. Today, we have offices in the UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, and Australia.

Job Description

This is a great opportunity to join a rapidly growing business, supporting the finance department across a whole range of activities. The successful candidate will be highly motivated to take control of all purchase ledger activity for the UK, US, Australian and Canadian Companies.  They will also assist the finance team with other general ledger reconciliation work and ad-hoc projects.

  • Process UK, US, AU and Canadian credit card statements and reconciliations
  • Assist and support the Purchase ledger team
  • Monitor and assist with all Finance inboxes
  • Support in reconciling Purchase and sales ledgers and investigate differences
  • Ensure compliance with all company financial controls
  • Assist with preparation of annual and monthly budgets
  • Providing support, both routine and project-based, to various Finance team members as needed.
  • Obtain and report Credit card transactions and Receipts with Approvals
  • Obtain approvals & enter Purchase invoices
  • Manage inboxes
  • General filing and scanning of documents
  • Manage and order goods on Amazon

Qualifications

  • Over 1 year’s accounts payable or general accounting experience (an advantage)
  • Working knowledge of accounts payable
  • Ability to maintain multiple general ledgers
  • Competency in using Microsoft Office products (Word and Excel)
  • Knowledge of NetSuite preferred but not essential

Top Skills

MS Office
NetSuite
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The Company
HQ: Windsor
509 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

At Neilson, we help families put financial protection in place for their loved ones with a range of life insurance options. We’ve evolved from our origins in the UK to become an international operation with offices in the USA, Canada, Ireland, the UK and Australia, with our head office based in Berkshire, England.

We currently have customer call centers in Berkshire, Kent, Hull and Toronto. We even have an in-house digital marketing agency, Thinkbait, based in Dublin, Ireland. 

Having multiple locations worldwide enables Neilson to attract the absolute best people allowing us to achieve our aim of being a leading global provider of life insurance. We are continuing to grow our team at Neilson and we’re keen to speak to you if you are customer focused, team spirited and motivated to succeed.

Now that we’re established in the Canadian life insurance market, we look forward to building on our success in Canada and beyond. 

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