Job Title:  Junior Accountant

Job Summary:

The Junior Accountant acts as a key link between sales activity and cash collection, supporting day-to-day finance operations with a focus on Accounts Receivable. The role is responsible for maintaining customer accounts, processing receipts, supporting credit control activities, and resolving customer invoice and payment queries. Reporting into the Finance function, this position offers strong development opportunities across Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable within an international business environment.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Create and maintain customer accounts, including performing full credit checks and obtaining approval for credit limits.
• Verify customer sanctions compliance in line with company and regulatory requirements.
• Enter and maintain daily foreign exchange rates within the ERP system.
• Process customer receipts daily using paperless workflows within the ERP system.
• Post customer invoices to customer portals for processing and payment.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies related to customer deliveries, invoices, and payments.
• Process cash application requests for payments via checks, electronic transfers, and credit cards.
• Process lien releases and prepare supporting documentation in response to customer requests.
• Communicate professionally with customers regarding overdue invoices, payment collection, and query resolution.
• Develop working knowledge of Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable processes to provide cover during team absence and support ad-hoc finance projects within the business unit.

Experience & Professional Qualifications:

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Strong attention to detail with a high level of accuracy in data entry.
• Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and confidence in learning ERP systems.
• Good standard of written and spoken English.

Desirable:

• Previous exposure to Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, or finance administration.
• Experience working with ERP or finance systems in a business environment.

Core Competencies:

• Attention to detail and numerical accuracy
• Organisation and time management
• Clear and professional communication
• Customer-focused problem solving
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Willingness to learn and develop technical finance skills
• Proactive and reliable approach to work
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.