Accounts Assistant

Sewell Wallis are delighted to working with a well-known, established business based in Rochdale, Lancashire in their search for a new Accounts Assistant.

You will join a thriving organisation who pride themselves on their great reputation for customer satisfaction. If you are looking for an Accounts Assistant role, within a business that you can really feel passionate about, then this is an ideal opportunity to apply for.

We are looking to speak to highly ambitious individuals, who are keen to secure a commercially focused role that regularly liaises with the operational side of the business.

What will you be doing?

• Support with the weekly production of the accounts
• Reviewing costs and explaining variances to stakeholders across the business, in a meaningful and easy to understandable way
• Balance costs reported and ensuring all risks and opportunities are highlighted to your line manager
• Business partner with Operations to ensure they understand their cost drivers
• Review of weekly operations trackers and liaising with Operations to resolve any discrepancies
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Raising purchase orders and liaising with external suppliers

What skills are we looking for?

• As their new Accounts Assistant, you will be a self-motivated and ambitious individual who is studying or looking to study your ACCA or CIMA qualification
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel
• Be comfortable working under pressure

What's on offer?

• Study support
• Company pension scheme
• Private health care
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to buy more
• Employee benefits discount platform
• On site parking and on-site canteen
• Hybrid working

Please either apply with your CV or contact Lucy Regan if you would like further information before doing so.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.