Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant
Bingley | £30,000
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:45am–5:30pm

We are recruiting for an Accounts Assistant to join an established business based in Bingley. Reporting directly to the Head of Finance, this is a varied in-house finance role covering sales ledger, purchase ledger, credit control, banking and general accounts administration.

Key Responsibilities
Processing and allocating customer payments and maintaining accurate customer accounts
Raising sales invoices and credit notes
Supporting credit control, monitoring outstanding debts and resolving account queries
Processing purchase invoices and preparing supplier payment runs
Reconciling supplier accounts and investigating payment queries
Processing employee expenses and payments
Completing regular bank reconciliations and posting daily banking transactions
Managing and reconciling petty cash
Processing direct debits, standing orders and other bank movements
Completing balance sheet control account reconciliations
Supporting month-end and year-end processes and preparing ad-hoc reports
Working closely with the Head of Finance and providing wider support across the Finance Department
Identifying opportunities to improve processes and ways of workingThe business currently uses Sage 200 but is shortly moving to a new accounting software provider. Experience of working with or transitioning between finance systems would therefore be advantageous.

Previous in-house payroll experience would also be beneficial.
We are looking for someone with previous accounts experience who is organised, accurate and proactive, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage a varied workload
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed