Now Hiring - Office/Accounts Assistant

Michael OBrien - May 02, 2023

Job description Beechfield Healthcare Ltd is currently seeking to recruit an Office/Accounts Assistant, to join our expanding Healthcare Company in Portlaoise, Co. Laois.

You will be an integral member of our back-office team working in a friendly and supportive environment. The ideal candidate will have experience working in a busy back-office function, and at least two years of experience as an office administrator, accounts assistant, or similar role.

What will I be doing as an Office/Accounts Assistant:

Monitoring daily communications and answering any queries.
Preparing statutory accounts.
Ensuring payments, amounts and records are correct.
Working with spreadsheets, sales and purchase ledgers and journals.
Recording and filing cash transactions.
Controlling credit and chasing debt.
Invoice processing and filing.
Processing expense requests for the accountant to approve.
Bank reconciliation.
Liaising with third party providers, clients and suppliers.
Updating and maintaining procedural documentation.

To be successful in this role you will:

Have previous senior experience in a similar role, ideally in a service environment of a distribution or manufacturing company.
Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications (MS Excel & Word) and order processing experience desirable.

The successful candidate will have/be:

Ability to work as part of a team and take direction accurately.
Analytical thinker and problem solver.
Competent IT skills, particularly proficiency with spreadsheet software.
High level of accuracy. Extremely organised in a manner that is easily read by others.
Trustworthy and discreet when dealing with confidential information.

Administrative skills.