Alexander Daniels are working with an established business who are recruiting for an Accounts Assistant on a temporary basis. This role supports the smooth running of the finance function, focusing on accurate cashbook management, bank reconciliations, purchase ledger control, and month-end routines. It's ideal for someone organised, detail-driven, and confident handling high-volume transactional work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Process daily receipts and payments to the correct ledger accounts.
• Reconcile outstanding items and complete weekly bank reconciliations
• Process and verify supplier invoices daily.
• Maintain purchase ledger registers and support departments with invoice clearance.
• Manage invoice approvals, payment runs, supplier queries, and debit balances.
• Complete monthly supplier statement reconciliations and reconcile the ledger to the nominal.
• Review aged creditors weekly and resolve outstanding issues.
• Monitor the Accounts Payable inbox and ensure all items are actioned daily.
• Maintain an accurate invoice register with minimal open items at month-end.
• Produce monthly KPI statistics.
• Prepare monthly overhead cost files.
• Ensure GL balances reconcile and investigate any variances.
• Support nominal ledger month-end routines and ensure cut-offs are met.
• Maintain accurate digital filing of all purchase ledger documents.
• Review GRNI and GISO accounts, clearing legacy items.
• Provide general support to the wider finance team as required.

Essential Requirements:

• Experience in purchase ledger or transactional finance.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confident communicator with suppliers and internal teams.
• Able to manage deadlines and high-volume workloads.
• Good IT and Excel skills