Accounts Assistant

The Role
Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Accounts Assistant will support the day-to-day finance and administration function, ensuring financial transactions are processed accurately and on time, Maintaining accurate employee and project data to support operational and financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage purchase ledger activities, including purchase orders, invoice processing, supplier reconciliations and payment runs.
• Support sales ledger processes, raising invoices, allocating receipts and assisting with credit control.
• Process bank transactions and perform regular bank reconciliations.
• Assist with month-end activities, including journals, accruals, prepayments and reporting.
• Support payroll administration, contractor payments and employee expense processing.
• Maintain accurate supplier, customer and employee records across finance and business systems.
• Administer timesheet processes, ensuring submissions and approvals are completed accurately and on time.
• Act as the system super user, managing user records, data integrity and providing support to employees and managers.
• Produce financial and operational reports and perform data analysis and reconciliations as required.
• Maintain accurate electronic records and comply with company policies and procedures.

About You

• AAT Level 3 or Level 4 qualified (or equivalent), or currently studying towards a qualification.
• Experience in an accounts, finance or business administration role preferred.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups and pivot tables.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and confidence dealing with colleagues, suppliers and customers.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and meet regular deadlines.
• Experience using ERP, finance, payroll or timesheet systems would be advantageous.
• Exposure to project-based environments and project accounting would be beneficial.

What's Important

• Accurate maintenance of financial records and ledgers.
• Timely completion of reconciliations, reporting and month-end tasks.
• Effective management of supplier payments and customer accounts.
• Accurate employee and timesheet records to support business reporting.
• Strong attention to detail, reliability and a proactive approach to problem-solving.