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Date Added: Fri 16/05/2025

Accounts Assistant

Reading, UK
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Company: CPL LIFE SCIENCES

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: Competitive salary

?ROLE: Accounts Assistant

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Location: Reading / Hybrid

ABOUT US

Cpl Resources, one of Europe’s most successful staffing businesses, operating in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Due to the expansion of the business, the Finance team in Reading is looking to hire an individual who wants to grow and develop with the business. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to experience all aspects of a professional role within a finance team with a clear path for progression to chartered status and beyond.

Main responsibilities:

  • Assisting the Finance team with the month end close, including balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, repayments.

  • Processing credit card statements and monthly expenses

  • Resolve customer account queries, referring where necessary to order entry and Sales teams

  • Liaising with Group to deal with ad hoc queries

  • Bank reconciliation of Sterling, Euro, and other currency accounts on a weekly basis

  • General support to the Finance team

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Great Qualifications

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

  • Excellent organisational and planning skills

  • Computer literate (word, excel, outlook)

  • Highly numerate, with good data entry skills

  • Ideally one year’s experience working in a similar environment

  • Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential issues in a discreet and professional manner at all levels

Package:

  • Competitive base salary commensurate with experience

  • Excellent/friendly working environment

  • Good career progression

  • Pension

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