Accounts Assistant

About the Business

An exciting opportunity to join an established services business in Redditch as an Accounts Assistant, paying £28,000 – £35,000 depending on experience. This is a brilliant role, with hybrid working and study support, for someone at the start of their finance career who wants broad, hands-on experience across the accounts function, with a supportive team behind you and backing to work towards a finance qualification.

Main Duties:

As an Accounts Assistant, your main duties include:

• Reconciling the company’s bank accounts, including foreign currency accounts, keeping them accurate and up to date
• Helping with the month-end close, including accruals, prepayments, expense and fixed asset reconciliations
• Allocating incoming customer receipts and raising sales invoices as needed
• Handling supplier invoices, staff expenses and payment runs across the group
• Keeping the purchase, sales and nominal ledgers accurate and well maintained
• Assisting with chasing outstanding customer balances and resolving supplier queries
• Getting involved in reporting, finance administration and one-off projects across the department

Location / Office / Culture

The company operate with hybrid working from offices in Redditch, where you’ll join a friendly and supportive finance team who are keen to help you learn. It’s a collaborative environment where questions are welcomed and new ideas for doing things better are genuinely listened to.

What We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate will have:

• Good Excel skills, including formulas and working with data
• Strong numeracy and confidence handling financial information
• Excellent organisation and accuracy, with the ability to manage a busy workload
• Clear communication skills and comfort following up on queries
• A team-first attitude and flexibility around month-end deadlines
• Previous accounts experience, a finance-related degree or studying towards AAT/ACCA/CIMA is a bonus – but not essential

Why Join the business

• Generous holiday allowance that increases with length of service
• Hybrid working
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Company pension and life assurance
• Study support
• Healthcare plan plus wellbeing and employee assistance support
• Salary sacrifice schemes and employee discounts
• Supportive environment to develop your finance skills and qualifications

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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