Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant

Location: Near Woking
Salary: £24,000 – £26,000 per annum + monthly performance bonus (~3–4%)
Hours: 36 hours per week (Monday–Thursday 9:00–17:15, Friday 9:00–17:00. Flex within company core hours)
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Workplace: Office-based (no hybrid/remote working)

A long-established engineering and manufacturing business near Woking is looking to appoint an Accounts Assistant to support both the Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger functions within their finance department. This is a full-time, permanent role based at their modern UK manufacturing HQ.

Please note: This is an office-based position. Due to the nature of the role and team collaboration required, home working is not available.

Benefits:

• Monthly production bonus (typically 3–4% of basic salary)
  
  
• 24 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
  
  
• Company pension scheme
  
  
• Private medical cover and health cashback plan (after probation)
  
  
• Life insurance
  
  
• Free on-site parking, gym membership, yoga and boxercise classes
  
  
• Access to staff development and training opportunities
  
  

Accounts Assistant Key Responsibilities:

Sales Ledger

• Setting up and maintaining customer accounts
  
  
• Raising and posting sales invoices and credit notes
  
  
• Posting customer receipts and reconciling accounts
  
  
• Assisting with credit control and releasing accounts on hold
  
  
• Monthly reporting and ledger reconciliations
  
  
• Month-end close support and intercompany reconciliations
  
  

Purchase Ledger

• Processing supplier invoices and reconciling statements
  
  
• Maintaining supplier records and credit applications
  
  
• Managing supplier mailbox and resolving queries
  
  
• Posting credit card expenses
  
  
• Dealing with PO-related issues
  
  

Other Duties

• Supporting the year-end audit
  
  
• Assisting with general finance tasks as required
  
  

Accounts Assistant Profile:

• Part-qualified or interested in studying towards AAT (or similar)
  
  
• Good working knowledge of Excel; ERP experience is advantageous
  
  
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
  
  
• Well-organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
  
  
• Strong communicator, comfortable liaising with internal and external stakeholders
  
  
• A team player with a proactive, positive approach
  
  

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