Accounts Assistant

CMA Recruitment Group; Aldershot; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

CMA Recruitment Group is seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant for a dynamic finance team in Aldershot. This hybrid role offers ownership of accounts payable, month-end close responsibilities, and opportunities for professional development within a supportive environment. Competitive salary and benefits are provided.

Benefits

Study support

Hybrid working model: 2 days in the office, 3 from home

28 days' holiday, including bank holidays

Company pension scheme

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Strong experience in an Accounts Assistant or Accounts Payable role.
• Excellent Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, lookups, formulas).
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Full ownership of the accounts payable process.
• Processing supplier invoices and ensuring accurate cost centre coding.
• Preparing audit schedules and answering auditor queries.

Skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication

Proactive and solutions-focused

Job description

CMA Recruitment Group are looking to recruit an experienced Accounts Assistant looking to make a real impact in a fast paced, scaling business. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing finance team where your ideas will be valued, your career supported, and your day to day work will play a key role in delivering results. This is a varied role offering hybrid working, study support, and genuine scope to develop broader finance skills in areas such as month end close, cashflow forecasting, and business reporting. You'll be part of a supportive team that champions collaboration and teamwork.

What will the Accounts Assistant role involve?

• Full ownership of the accounts payable process
• Processing supplier invoices and ensuring accurate cost centre coding
• Reconciling supplier statements and resolving discrepancies
• Preparing payment runs
• Posting payments to the ledger and reconciling accounts
• Processing employee expenses
• Multicurrency reconciliations

With training and support, you ll also be involved in:

• Month-end close (including accruals, prepayments, and journal posting)
• Payroll journal entries and reconciliations
• Preparing audit schedules and answering auditor queries
• Cash flow forecasting, budgeting, and revenue/COS analysis

Suitable Candidate for the Accounts Assistant vacancy:

• Strong experience in an Accounts Assistant or Accounts Payable role
• Excellent Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, lookups, formulas)
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Comfortable communicating with both suppliers and internal teams
• Proactive and solutions-focused, with a drive to improve

Additional benefits and information for the role of Accounts Assistant:

• Salary: £30,000 £35,000 DOE
• Study support provided
• Hybrid working model: 2 days in the office, 3 from home
• 28 days' holiday, including bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• On-site parking

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