Accounts Assistant (6 Month FTC) in Preston
Posted by Axon Moore
£30,000 – £35,000 a year
Preston · Contract
Axon Moore are partnering with an established and growing business that is looking for an established accounts assistant to join their team on an initial 6 month fixed term contract.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive finance team in a varied role where you will gain exposure across all aspects of transactional finance while contributing to the smooth running of the finance function. Candidates who are looking for part-time/reduced hours will also be considered for this role.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Full ownership of the purchase ledger
- End-to-end responsibility across sales ledger and credit control
- Raising sales invoices and accurately distributing
- Proactively chasing overdue accounts for payment
- Allocating cash onto the system
- Internal liaison regarding overdue debtors and queries
- Matching and coding of purchase invoices
- Payment runs
- Supplier statement recs
- Processing employee expenses and company credit cards
- Bank reconciliations
- Ensure adherence to internal policies and controls
- Sickness and leave cover across the team
- Ad-hoc duties as and when required
- At least 2 years’ experience in a similar role
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Good organisational and time-keeping skills
- High attention to detail and able to take ownership of their role
- Good IT and MS Excel skills
- 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Monday- Friday 9am- 5:30pm (flexible)
- Part-time/reduced hours also considered
- Company pension
- Staff discounts
- Free on-site parking
- Regular team evens and recognition programmes
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