Accounts Assistant

POSITION IN ORGANISATION

Reports to: Senior Finance Manager

Contract: Permanent, Full-time, Subject to 3-month probation
Hours: 42.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 0830 - 1800)

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Credit Card

• Maintain control spreadsheets and enter summaries on to SAP financial system
• Manage and update travel record from various internal departments
• Manage Company Credit card payments, receipts and reconcile to statements
• Maintain spreadsheet and post monthly summaries to SAP financial system

Penalty Charge Notice

• Maintain spreadsheet and reconcile for Penalty Charge Notice, Road Tax and Prosecution Notice.
• Reconciliation for PCN

Purchase Ledger

• Management of Purchase Ledger and payments
• Ensure supplier invoices are coded correctly when posting (this also includes import payments)
• Ensure all invoices are posted to a Supplier Account before payment is made
• Post direct debit payments to the appropriate supplier account
• Reconcile ledgers to control account at the Month end

Landed Cost

• Ensure alignment of inputs various data sources (duty, freight and forwarding, packaging, sugar tax and etc) to ensure the accuracy of costing matrices.
• Reconcile landed cost and AP invoice, investigate the discrepancies.
• Monitor and keep track of discrepancies of landed cost. Liaise with related departments for resolve the discrepancies.
• Raise investigation for delaying on GRPO and landed cost related documents.
• Monitor overall landed cost to ensure all the landed cost must be updated and completed.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

· Business fluent in English and Chinese

· Able to prioritise workloads and work well under pressure.

· Work on own initiative as well as working in a team.

· Proven experience in high volume calls

· Have a flexible attitude to change

· Minimum of 1 years related experience

· Knowledge of SAP, MS Excel and Word.

· Reliable, affable, and can communicate effectively with suppliers at all levels

· High level of accuracy and attention to detail

· Flexible "Can do " attitude
The Company:

Korea Foods Company is the leader in the supply of Korean food in the UK. A family-run business, established in 1999, Korea Foods Company has over 500 employees working within its Head Office, Logistics Centres, and Retail Stores.

We import from key brands in Korea, and distribute to the Asian community, focusing on East Asian consumers. We have also seen substantial growth within the supermarket multiples, securing significant listings with Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, and Costco.

We also operate our own retail store network, Seoul Plaza, currently with 21 stores within the estate, with more opening in 2026.

Growth has been consistently double-digit, with a sales turnover in excess of £85 million.

The company is an incredibly dynamic and fast-paced place to work, with ambiguity and transparency that is often associated with family-run businesses. It is, also, whilst not for the faint-hearted, a rewarding workplace where personal achievements are recognised due to the relatively flat management structure.

Key benefits but not limited to, include:

· Paid day off on your birthday

· Yearly bonus

· Free onsite parking

· Holiday starting at 28 days plus a personal day rising to 29 days after 5 years (Bank holidays inclusive);

· Pension scheme 3% contributed by the company

· Annual pay review

· 5% discount from Company’s retail stores Seoul Plaza and Cash and Carry

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £30,000.00 per year

Application question(s):

• If you are holding a VISA, please also advise the visa type and the expiry date for the current visa.
• When are you available to start the new role?

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person