Accounts Assistant
About the Role
Sewell Wallis are working with a well-established manufacturing business based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, who are looking to recruit an Accounts Assistant with strong, hands-on experience across both Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger. This is an excellent opportunity to join a stable and successful organisation with a supportive finance team and long-term prospects.
This role will suit an Accounts Assistant who is confident managing end-to-end transactional finance processes, across both ledgers, taking ownership of key processes within the finance function. The business offers a positive working environment, great benefits and truly values its employees.
What will you be doing?
- Managing the full Purchase Ledger process, including processing high volumes of supplier invoices, gathering supporting documentation and accurately posting onto Sage 50.
- Taking ownership of the Sales Ledger, including checking, raising and issuing customer invoices by email.
- Producing and issuing customer credit notes in line with agreed approvals.
- Posting daily online banking transactions and completing reconciliations, including current account, multiple currency accounts and petty cash.
- Supporting with Credit Control, including issuing monthly customer statements and chasing overdue invoices via phone and email.
- Assisting with monthly supplier payment schedules and payment runs.
- Producing reports from Sage 50 to support the finance team and wider business.
- Broader administrative tasks to support the wider business when required.
What skills are we looking for?
- Proven experience as an Account Assistant or in a similar role with strong Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger responsibility.
- Confident handling end-to-end transactional finance processes.
- Experience using accounting software, ideally Sage50.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong communication skills when dealing with customers, suppliers and internal teams.
- Well organised, proactive and able to manage multiple priorities.
What's on offer?
- Bonus scheme
- 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
- Healthcare scheme
- Free on-site parking
Apply for this role below, or for more information, contact Eleanor.
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.
