Accounts Assistant

Butler Rose; Chorley; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Butler Rose Accountancy & Finance are recruiting an Accounts Assistant to join their Chorley-based team on a permanent basis.

You will support a busy finance function across transactional accounting, including supplier invoices, sales invoices, payroll data input, and reconciliations. The role is office-based, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, with a salary in the £27,000-£30,000 range depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience as Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant or Purchase Ledger Clerk.
• Experience using Sage.
• Office-based role in Chorley.

Responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices and resolve queries, prepare payment runs.
• Raise customer sales invoices to support cash flow.
• Reconcile credit card payments, staff expenses and petty cash.
• Input payroll data to ensure timely and accurate payments.

Skills

Attention to detail

Numerical accuracy

Communication skills

Tools

Sage

Job description

Butler Rose Accountancy & Finance are currently looking to recruit for an Accounts Assistant to join an organisation in Chorley on a permanent basis.

Who you'll be working for…

This organisation is someone you're guaranteed to know as soon as we give you the name! With a rich history routed in the local area it's a place to feel proud to work and gives you a truly exciting working environment.

What you'll be doing in your new role as an Accounts Assistant…

• Supporting a busy finance function in a really varied role covering all elements of transactional accounting
• Processing supplier invoices accurately, resolving queries and preparing payment runs
• Raising customer sales invoices to help keep cash flow processing smoothly
• Reconciling credit card payments, staff expenses and petty cash
• Inputting data for payroll to ensure everyone is paid on time

Who we're looking for…

Someone who loves a varied role in a fast-moving environment where priorities can change! You'll have a real eye for detail when it comes to handling numerical data and a confident approach to communicating with others within your team. Given the need to hit the ground running, we'd ideally look for someone with experience as an Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant or Purchase Ledger Clerk, and experience using Sage would be a benefit. This isn't a role with immediate progression, so would be better suited to someone who is happy to stay at a transactional level.

Salary, benefits and the hours…

• £27,000 - £30,000 (depending upon experience)
• Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
• Chorley (office based)
• Holiday allowance that increases with tenure
• Some very exciting extra perks which are a bit of a giveaway as to who's recruiting so we'll tell you on the phone!

Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.