Accounts Assistant

Sewell Wallis is working with a well-established West Yorkshire business based in the Huddersfield area, which is currently looking for an experienced Accounts Assistant to join the business and support the accounts team.

The successful Accounts Assistant candidate will be working in all areas across the Finance department, so they must be adaptable, hardworking, have good organisational & communication skills, be IT literate and be able to work to tight deadlines. This is a great opportunity for anyone looking for a varied role and who enjoys learning how Finance works to support all other areas of the business.

What will you be doing?

• Setting up New Customers using the credit checking process.
• Allocating incoming payments to the correct accounts.
• Sending customer statements & copy invoices when required.
• Monitoring credit limits.
• Processing of overhead purchase invoices and obtaining the necessary approval of expenditure from the budget holder.
• Processing of purchase ordered invoices, and managing any queries that may arise with Supply Chain and the Supplier.
• Processing of container planning invoices and liaising with Supply Chain on any discrepancies.

What skills are we looking for?

• A minimum of 2 years' experience in Accounts.
• Strong communication skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Have the ability to multitask and have good attention to detail.

What's on offer?

• Strong progression.
• On-site parking.
• Auto-enrolled pension scheme.

Send us your CV below, or contact Becky Gibson for more information.

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.