Accounts Assistant – Excellent Career Progression Opportunity

My client are looking for a proactive, detail-focused Accounts Assistant to join their supportive and well-established finance team. This is a varied role where you’ll handle day-to-day transactional accounting, maintain accurate financial records and help keep the finance function running smoothly.

There is also genuine scope to develop into Assistant Management Accountant responsibilities — an ideal step for someone who wants to grow professionally and strengthen their management accounts experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Posting daily direct credits and reconciling the sales ledger
• Reviewing weekly payments and requesting payment from non-notified debtors
• Managing PDQ transactions and journals
• Taking and reconciling credit card payments
• Managing invoice runs, issuing invoices and chasing outstanding payments
• Sending weekly price updates
• Logging expense receipts for quarterly reclaim
• Managing the purchase ledger and supporting credit control
• Reconciling supplier statements and obtaining approvals
• Processing month-end and urgent mid-month payments
• Resolving invoice queries and issuing credits
• Setting up new customer accounts and issuing monthly statements
• Managing the accounts inbox and allocating queries
• Maintaining bank reconciliations and monitoring incoming/outgoing payments

Assistant Management Accountant Development

For candidates with existing experience — or those eager to progress — the role can also include:

• Managing accruals, prepayments and preparing month-end accounts up to trial balance
• Preparing and submitting VAT returns
• Overseeing payroll processing
• Producing management accounts
• Maintaining control accounts and completing balance sheet reconciliations
• Analysing variances and financial trends
• Assisting with budgeting and forecasting
• Supporting the production of internal financial reports
• Helping improve financial processes and efficiencies
• Supporting the Finance Manager with ad-hoc projects

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to progress within a supportive, family-run business where you’re genuinely valued. Set in a stunning location, the role offers a beautiful working environment and real room to grow — or, for someone more experienced, the chance to join a stable, long-standing company with strong values at its core.

Previous accounts experience is essential. Use of Sage 50 and intermediate Excel desirable.

The role is office-based Monday to Friday, start and finish times flexible, 37.5 hours per week.