Accounts Assistant

Company Overview

Offering a complete ecosystem of maritime services, including broking, finance, port services and research, Clarksons is at the heart of global shipping. Our unrivalled reach, expertise, and depth of experience, combined with leading research, enables us to partner with clients across every sector to meet the demands of the world’s rapidly evolving maritime, offshore, trade and energy markets. Building on our unique heritage and harnessing our insights to see further, faster, we work with our clients and communities to create strategies that have a positive impact on the industry and the world around us. Dedicated to excellence, it’s our people that drive success for our clients.

To understand more including day-to-day life at Clarksons, visit us at www.clarksons.com

Division Overview

Offering exceptional port agency and logistics services, we provide turnkey solutions for clients in the marine and energy sectors.

Established ships agents with a reputation for excellence, our specialist team provide round the clock vessel agency and services to the Offshore energy and dry bulk sectors.

Discover more at www.clarksons.com/port-services

Role Summary

As Assistant Accountant, you will be a key member of our established UK accounting team, focusing primarily on treasury, customer invoicing and credit control support in accordance with Company procedures.

What you’ll be doing

• Daily reconciliation and processing of all bank transactions.
• Accurate allocation of customer receipts and supplier payments.
• Checking of draft bills raised by the Disbursement Clerk and subsequent issue of final invoice.
• Dealing with customer requests and queries.
• Raising customer credit notes and reinvoicing as necessary.
• Completion of any registration procedures required by customers to onboard Clarkson Port
• Services as a supplier.
• Arranging payment for any customer refunds due.
• Cover Disbursement Clerk duties when necessary.
• Cover billing on Shortsea activity where necessary.
• Additional / ad hoc duties as required to meet the needs of the business.

What we’re looking for

We invite applications from candidates who can demonstrate:

Drive and self-motivation, with the desire and commitment to succeed, deliver excellence and make positive change;

Relationship building, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build rapport;

Collaboration, able to work well with others across diverse backgrounds to share information, develop skills, and deliver results;

Resilience with the ability to persist and adapt;

Smart problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a curious and inquisitive mind, and an openness to new ideas;

Professional integrity and a respect for company values.

Other requirements

• Experience of working within an accounting function preferable.
• Strong IT skills in MS office packages (Excel and Outlook).
• Knowledge of Sage 200 and Foxit PDF Editor would be an advantage.
• A high degree of both numeracy and accuracy and an eye for detail.
• Organised and able to prioritise own workload in order to meet tight deadlines.
• Self-confident with good communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Desire to learn, develop and contribute to the wider team goals.
• Experience of migrating to a new accounting system preferable.