Job description
A well established manufacturing business based within the Bradford area are looking to appoint a Junior Accounts Assistant on a permanent basis. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has some basic, entry level finance experience to get into a busy varied role with a business that can offer study support for the right candidate. The successful candidate will join a friendly finance team where you will be able to make a real difference rather than be treated as a number.This role will be primarily focused around the sales ledger side and will be responsible for the inputting of sales invoices, reconciliations and any associated reporting. Overtime the role could also give some exposure to the month end management accounts process.
Hybrid working and free parking will be provided with the real opportunity to progress over time.
The main duties of the role will include :-
-Matching, batching and coding of sales invoices
-Dealing with queries on a daily basis and working closely with the Credit Controller
-Allocating payments to the ledger
-Assisting the Financial Controller with sales reporting and other ad-hoc project based reorting
-Providing analysis around intercompany transactions
-Doing the daily banking and liaising with the bank
-Assisting with the month end process as and when required, supporting with accruals and prepayments
The ideal candidate will:-
-Have some basic accountancy experience and will be keen to learn and pick up new skills
-Ideally have had some experience of the sales ledger/accounts receivable process or within some area of finance
-Be self-motivated and enjoy working in a fast paced environment and enjoy working towards deadlines
-Have excellent organisational and communication skills
-Want to secure a career and finance and will be hands on in approach
In return you will:-
-Receive the rare opportunity to join a company that will invest in you and train you in a new industry if you have limited experience
-Gain access to a great benefits package and will be able to develop
-Be offered the chance to work following a hybrid model
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.
