Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant

£25,000 - £30,000 + study support & benefits

Newbury based - Hybrid (3 days in office per week)

If you are looking to step into a broad accounts assistant role within a friendly, growing business then this could be a great role for you.

This business is going from strength to strength and as such has created a new role within finance to support the growth. They have a well established finance function with solid systems and work with prestigious customers across the UK.

The Role

This is a hands on Accounts Assistant role which will be reporting directly into a supportive Accounts Manager and will be involved in the following:

• Coding and posting of purchase invoices, subcontractor certificates and credit notes.
• Check and mark the invoices as approved for payment.
• Upload approved invoices / certificates into Sage.
• First point of contact for supplier payment requests and queries.
• Set up of new supplier accounts and maintaining existing ones.
• Reconciling supplier statements.
• Processing weekly payroll, including printing, calculating & managing approvals of timesheets, logging hours in Ops system and processing wages through Sage Payroll.
• Processing of employee expenses, company credit cards & plant returns.
• preparing supplier payment runs.
• Support the calculation and posting of the monthly purchase ledger posting accrual.
• Assist with the preparation of the quarterly VAT returns.
• Support and provide cover for the daily bank reconciliations and maintenance of the sales ledger.
• Assisting with external audit queries.
• Prepare and perform ad-hoc analysis and reports as required by the Accounts Manager & FC.
• Adhere to existing company processes and providing constructive input on new policies and processes.

Your Profile

We are looking for a fun and enthusiastic finance professional to join a great team.

You'll need a good grasp of all aspects of AP and AP related accounting/reconciliations. There is extensive interaction with the wider business as well so being a people person is essential!

This role could suit either someone making their first step into finance after studies (ideally AAT or a finance related degree) or someone looking to take a step up from a focused AP or AR role into a more varied role.

Salary & Benefits

£25,000-£30,000 plus benefits and study support option.