Accounts Assistant

Salary/Rate:hybrid
Job type:Perm
Location:Chesterfield, Derbyshire

About the Role

Sewell Wallis is pleased to be representing this award-winning, people-focused company based in Chesterfield, North Derbyshire.

Offering an Accounts Assistant role with variety, no monotony and an opportunity to join a long-standing, well-established and friendly team, this role is a great position for an individual who is experienced with Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger and reconciliations.

What will you be doing?

  • Maintain the sales ledger and purchase ledger to a high standard and deal with queries promptly
  • Allocate payments and chase any required refunds
  • Small element of credit control
  • Process statements and reminder letters when required
  • Checking, amending and processing monthly and daily invoices
  • Ownership of back order (Work in Progress) and ensuring timely raising of invoices or issues
  • Posting supplier invoices correctly, within the required period and challenging unexpected invoices
  • Checking and processing recurring revenue supplier invoices meticulously
  • Reconcile supplier statements
  • Manage returns and credit notes
  • Process supplier payment runs
  • Setting up of client contracts (administration only)
  • Complete any reconciliation reports if required
  • General ad-hoc duties, including but not limited to answering telephone calls, filing, dealing with post
  • As with any position in a finance department, all duties are time sensitive, and it is the Ledger Clerk's responsibility to ensure that their duties are completed in the correct time frame.

What skills will you need?

  • Past experience in a similar environment with a background in Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger and reconciliations.
  • Someone with a strong team compass and a mentality to get stuck in!
  • Someone adaptable
  • Excel use

What's on offer?

  • Study support (AAT)
  • Hybrid working (2 days office-based)
  • Friendly working environment
  • Opportunity to join a long-standing, friendly team

Apply below, or for more information, contact Hannah Sharp.

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.

Job ref: HS/6055Post Date: 16.07.25

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Hannah Sharp

Hannah Sharp

Associate Director | Part-Qualified and Newly Qualified Finance

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