Accounts Assistant

About the Business

A fantastic opportunity to join a values-led manufacturing business as an Accounts Assistant, based at their offices in Studley. This opening comes with brilliant progression opportunity – you can work towards professional qualifications and gain valuable experience from the collaborative group. Paying £25,000 – £32,000 with full study support, this is a brilliant chance to broaden your finance experience across purchase ledger, sales ledger and banking within a supportive, growing group.

Main Duties:

As an Accounts Assistant, your main duties include:

Purchase Ledger

• Processing purchase invoices and matching them against goods received notes
• Setting up and running supplier payment runs
• Reconciling supplier statements and investigating any discrepancies
• Producing and reviewing month-end purchase ledger reports

Sales Ledger

• Raising and processing sales invoices accurately and on time
• Managing credit control and chasing outstanding balances
• Preparing month-end sales ledger reporting

Banking

• Posting and reconciling bank payments and receipts across multiple currencies
• Completing month-end bank reconciliations, including foreign currency revaluations

Additional Responsibilities

• Working closely with colleagues across multiple group companies to support wider finance operations
• Maintaining and monitoring the shared finance mailboxes
• Supporting the quarterly audit process and responding to information requests
• Providing cover for the team where needed, including raising sales and purchase orders

Location / Office / Culture

Based at the company’s modern offices in Studley, you’ll be working alongside a friendly, collaborative finance team that genuinely values teamwork, quality, honesty and passion. This is an office-based role, giving you the chance to learn directly from experienced colleagues and gain broad, hands-on exposure across the finance function while you study.

What We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate will have:

• Sound understanding of basic accounting principles and practices
• Proficient user of Microsoft Excel, with a good working knowledge of formulas and spreadsheets
• Strong attention to detail with a high level of accuracy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Well organised with effective time management
• Previous experience with Oracle E-Business Suite would be advantageous, but is not essential

Why Join the business

• £25,000 – £32,000 salary
• Full study support towards a professional qualification
• Broad role spanning purchase ledger, sales ledger and banking – great variety to build your experience
• Supportive, values-driven team where teamwork and quality really matter
• Exposure to a multi-company group environment with multi-currency work

About Us

We are a local accountancy recruitment specialist. We appreciate that roles are often online for a long period of time. If you want to check if this role is still live or just want more details before applying, call us directly.

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