Trainee Accountant

Salary/Rate:£25000 - £26500 per annum
Job type:Perm
Location:Barnsley, South Yorkshire

About the Role

Sewell Wallis is extremely excited to be working with a leading manufacturing business who are based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Due to an internal promotion they're looking for a Trainee Accountant to join their credit control team.

This Trainee Accountant role is a fantastic opportunity for someone at the beginning of their career, that may be studying AAT but doesn't have hands on experience.

What will you be doing?

  • Producing applications for payment within Excel.
  • Resolving customer queries.
  • Working closely with the area sales team.
  • Sending copy invoices, pods, completion certs.
  • Cash allocation.
  • Liaising with internal departments.
  • Account reconciliations.
  • Other ad hoc duties.

What skills are we looking for?

  • An excellent telephone manner.
  • Strong organisational skills.
  • A keen eye for detail as accuracy is important.
  • A positive and flexible attitude.

What's on offer?

  • Hybrid working after passing probation.
  • Free parking.

Apply for this role below or for more information, contact Lewis.

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: LW/6584Post Date: 04.02.26

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Lewis Walker

Lewis Walker

Senior Consultant | Transactional Finance

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