Accounts Assistant (12 months Fixed Term)

We're looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Accounts Assistant to join us on a 12 month fixed-term contract. In this role, you will provide finance assistance and co-operate with internal customers to meet their needs and deadlines. If you have a keen eye for accuracy, strong organisational skills, and a passion for numbers, we’d love to hear from you.

We drive purposeful finance. Protechting People and Planet guides every decision.

What you will be doing

Accounts Payable

• Logging, authorising and processing supplier invoices
• Payment of supplier and intercompany invoices, in monthly payment runs and ad-hoc payments as     
• applicable
• Dealing with all aspects of relevant supplier disputes and queries
• Review of supplier statements
• Housekeeping of relevant suppliers on ledger

 Cash Management

• Processing monthly direct debits and standing orders
• Allocation and posting of cash receipts to sales ledger
• Monthly bank reconciliations (4 different currency bank accounts)
• Processing customer refunds
• Payments to sister companies of payments incorrectly received from customers

 Accounts Receivable

• Daily maintenance of Debtors Sheet
• Raising credit notes in both Dynamics AX and Insphire
• Credit control
• Housekeeping of sales ledger

 Travel expense management

• Main liaison point for our:
  • external Travel Management Company (CTM)
• Processing of invoices received from Airplus & matching to CTM invoices
• Processing and payment of employee expense claims
• travel expense company card (Airplus)

 Other

• Processing journal vouchers
• Manage relevant emails in KD Accounts in-box
• Month end close tasks related to AP and AR
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations related to AP and AR

 We think you should have

• Minimum up to 1 year experience in Accounts role

• Basic Microsoft Office skills.

At KONGSBERG, we believe that diversity fuels innovation. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not meet every requirement.  Your unique perspective is valuable to us. Your skills, attitude and perspective could be exactly what we are looking for!

You are able to

• use a methodical and systematic approach, plan ahead, define clear priorities and allocates resources effectively
• create a stable and re-assuring work atmosphere and support and encourage team working
• communicate in a clear, precise and structured way
• co-operate well with others, share knowledge, experience, information and support others in the pursuit of team goals

At KONGSBERG, "Protechting People and Planet" drives solutions, and diverse teams inspire innovation.

Where you will be working
Aberdeen

The world is struggling with interconnected crises in climate, energy, food, and security. These issues require simultaneous action, and safeguarding marine areas and marine life is essential to addressing them and ensuring coexistence. Kongsberg Discovery is serving the ocean space from the deepest sea to outer space. We develop technology to ensure sustainable management of marine resources, monitor climate change and critical infrastructure, and safeguard national security. Our technology aims to sustainably manage marine resources, monitor climate change, secure infrastructure, and protect national security. It is vital for offshore operations, fisheries, marine research, maritime activities, ocean energy production, infrastructure monitoring, and naval operations, addressing crucial global challenges. We recognize the global sustainability challenges and are committed to developing solutions and products that address environmental impacts on the ocean ecosystem and resolve operational issues. The business has over 1,100 employees located in Horten, Trondheim, Bergen and Oslo in Norway, as well as operations in Alicante in Spain, Aberdeen in the UK, Lynnwood (Seattle), Houston, and New Orleans in the USA, Vancouver and Halifax in Canada, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and Singapore.

Kongsberg Discovery is part of KONGSBERG, a leading technology group based in Norway.

Protechting people and planet