Accounts Administrator

Scottish Leather Group Limited; Paisley; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Life assurance

Sick pay

Enhanced annual leave

Health & wellbeing programme

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Scottish Leather Group Limited is seeking an Accounts Administrator to join the Financial Accounting Team. You will support transactional accounting across Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, cashbooks, and month-end activities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with established controls.

You will review invoicing, manage data input and expenses, and respond to accounting queries. Strong Excel skills and experience with Dynamics 365 are beneficial in this fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger within a busy commercial, manufacturing, or fast-paced environment.
• Good understanding of accounting processes, financial controls, and accurate record keeping; Cashbook experience is advantageous.
• Highly numerate, organised, and detail-focused with a methodical approach and a commitment to accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Process accurate accounting transactions across Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, Cash & Bank, and Nominal Ledger.
• Review consignment and self-bill information, ensuring accurate invoicing and resolving discrepancies.
• Maintain effective accounting controls and procedures and ensure data accuracy and compliance.
• Manage data input, employee expenses, and general financial administration with timely delivery.
• Respond to accounting queries and provide accurate information to stakeholders.
• Support interim and final audits by preparing information for external auditors.
• Identify discrepancies, risks, and opportunities to improve processes and strengthen controls.

Skills

Purchase Ledger

Sales Ledger

MS Excel

Cashbook

Attention to detail

Time management

Cross-functional communication

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

Great businesses rely on strong financial foundations - accurate information, effective controls, and dependable processes that keep the organisation operating smoothly. By maintaining high standards of accuracy, meeting critical deadlines, and working collaboratively across the business, strong finance teams provide the insight, support, and control needed to enable sustainable commercial success.

As an Accounts Administrator, you'll play an important role within the Financial Accounting Team, supporting a range of transactional accounting activities across the Group. From managing purchase and sales ledgers to processing payments, maintaining cashbooks, supporting month-end activities, and responding to financial queries, you'll help ensure accounting information is accurate, timely, and compliant with established controls and procedures.

Working as part of a collaborative team, you'll combine strong attention to detail, organisation, and commercial awareness to deliver a professional accounting service across the business.

In this role you will:

• Process accurate accounting transactions across Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, Cash & Bank, and Nominal Ledger, including purchase orders, invoices, payments, and cashbooks.
• Review consignment and self-bill information, ensuring accurate and timely invoicing and resolving discrepancies where required.
• Maintain effective accounting controls and procedures, ensuring financial data is accurate, complete, and compliant.
• Manage data input, employee expenses, and general financial administration, taking ownership of accuracy and timely delivery.
• Respond to accounting queries and provide professional, accurate information to colleagues, management, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Support interim and final audits by preparing accurate information and assisting external auditors with accounting procedures and documentation.
• Identify discrepancies, irregularities, risks, and opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls, and increase efficiency.
• Build effective working relationships across the business, meet strict deadlines, maintain high-quality standards, and support the wider Financial Accounting Team with ad hoc duties as required.

You’re someone who understands that excellent financial administration is about far more than processing transactions. You take ownership of your work, pay close attention to detail, and understand that accurate and timely financial information is essential to the success of the wider business.

• You have strong experience in Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger, ideally gained within a busy commercial, manufacturing, or fast-paced environment.
• You have a good understanding of accounting processes, financial controls, and accurate record keeping; Cashbook experience would be an advantage.
• You are highly numerate, organised, and detail focused, with a methodical approach and a commitment to delivering accurate work.
• You are confident managing competing priorities, working under pressure, and consistently meeting strict deadlines without compromising quality.
• You have a positive 'can do, will do' attitude, taking ownership of your responsibilities and following tasks through to completion.
• You are confident using Microsoft Excel and able to quickly learn new systems and processes; experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 would be beneficial.
• You are a proactive self-starter who can identify discrepancies, risks, and opportunities for improvement while building trust through reliable delivery.
• You are a collaborative and professional team player who builds effective relationships across the business and is committed to delivering a high‑quality financial administration service.

The impact you will have:

You will play a key role in ensuring the Group's financial accounting processes operate accurately, efficiently, and consistently. Your work will provide the foundations for reliable financial information, effective cash management, accurate customer and supplier records, and strong financial controls across the business.

By taking ownership of transactional accounting activities and maintaining high standards of accuracy, you'll help ensure invoices, payments, ledgers, cashbooks, and other financial information are processed correctly and on time. Your attention to detail will also help identify discrepancies and potential risks early, supporting better decision making and protecting the financial integrity of the business.

Through your relationships with colleagues, management, auditors, customers, and other stakeholders, you'll provide a dependable point of support for accounting queries and financial administration. Your ability to communicate clearly and work collaboratively will help the wider business access accurate information and resolve issues efficiently.

You’ll also contribute to the continuous improvement of the Financial Accounting Team by identifying opportunities to streamline processes, strengthen controls, and improve the way financial information is managed.

Ultimately, your contribution will help create a finance function that is accurate, responsive, well controlled, and trusted across the business - ensuring that the detail behind every transaction supports the bigger picture of commercial success.

What’s in it for you:

You’ll benefit from a comprehensive rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and career development. This includes a company pension, life assurance, company sick pay, enhanced annual leave that increases with service, and access to a health and wellbeing programme alongside an Employee Assistance Programme with private GP services. You’ll also have opportunities to grow through coaching, training, and development support, plus practical perks such as cycle to work and electric vehicle schemes, free on-site parking, and access to a range of retail discounts.

We believe our strength comes from our people. We value diversity, encourage development, and create an environment where everyone can thrive.

Ready to be part of the story?

If you're an experienced finance professional who takes pride in accuracy, enjoys working collaboratively, and thrives in a busy environment where attention to detail really matters, we'd love to hear from you.

This is an opportunity to join a team where your work will have a direct impact on the accuracy, efficiency, and reliability of financial operations across the Group.