Accounts & Credit Control Assistant
Active Flooring Solutions Ltd Bootle, Liverpool
Full-time (37 hours per week) £30,000 – £35,000 per year Office-based, Bootle
Active Flooring Solutions Ltd is a well-established commercial flooring contractor delivering projects on construction sites across the UK. Behind every project is a busy finance team keeping cashflow, suppliers and subcontractors running smoothly – and we’re now looking for a Accounts & Credit Control Assistant to join us at our Bootle office.
This is a genuinely varied role that combines purchase ledger, credit control and finance administration. You’ll work closely with suppliers, project managers and customers to keep our accounts accurate and our cashflow healthy. If you take pride in getting the detail right, enjoy variety in your day, and want to build your finance career in the construction sector, we’d love to hear from you.
What you’ll be doing
Purchase ledger & finance
- Processing purchase and sales invoices and setting up new supplier accounts
- Reconciling supplier statements and preparing payment runs
- Distributing invoices to Project Managers for approval and issuing supplier remittances
- Checking and processing subcontractor timesheets, staff timesheets and staff expenses
- Processing and reconciling company-issued credit cards
- Maintaining cashflow spreadsheets and completing bank reconciliations
- Supporting month-end routines, journals and reporting
Credit control
- Proactively chasing customer accounts daily by phone and email to minimise overdue debt
- Allocating customer receipts accurately against remittances
- Raising sales applications, invoices and credit notes with the correct VAT treatment.
- Monitoring balances and due dates, escalating disputes to Project Managers through to resolution
- Producing debtor reports, supporting cashflow forecasting and reconciling receipts in Sage 50
- Managing the credit control inbox, responding to customer queries professionally and promptly
Administration
- Supporting the wider finance team with day-to-day administration
- Keeping financial records accurate, up to date and audit-ready
- Assisting with the annual audit, answering calls, taking messages and other ad-hoc duties as needed
What we’re looking for
- Previous experience in a finance/accounts role, ideally both in purchase ledger and credit control
- A confident communicator who is comfortable chasing payments by phone and email
- Strong attention to detail and a high standard of accuracy
- Well organised, with the ability to juggle competing deadlines, particularly around month-end
- Good working knowledge of Excel
- Experience with Sage 50 and/or Eque2 (or similar construction software) is an advantage
- Experience in the construction sector is desirable but not essential
What we offer
- Salary of £30,000 – £35,000 per year, depending on experience
- 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm
- 21 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- Company pension scheme
- On-site parking
- Training and study support
How to apply
Apply now through Indeed with your CV, or email your CV to [email protected]
Pay: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
Work Location: In person
