Accounts Assistant

Workwell; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Awards

Long Service Recognition

Spectrum Life

Annual Pay Review

Employee Referral Scheme

Job summary

Workwell Outsourcing in Otley, United Kingdom is seeking an Accounts Assistant to support payroll-related finance, billing, reconciliations and ledger activities. You will handle weekly payroll processes, invoicing, banking reconciliations and credit control while ensuring accurate financial records.

The role requires strong payroll experience, proficiency in Excel, and the ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment. Hybrid working and cross-team collaboration are expected.

Qualifications

• Strong payroll experience and understanding of payroll reconciliations.
• High-volume transactional finance experience, including billing and ledger management.
• Ability to investigate and resolve financial discrepancies.
• Proficient with Excel formulas, lookups, SUMIFs and pivots.

Responsibilities

• Support payroll processes and related finance reconciliations.
• Raise customer invoices and support revenue recognition.
• Post and reconcile high-volume bank transactions and oversee reconciliations.
• Investigate discrepancies and respond to finance queries.

Skills

Payroll processing

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Communication

Prioritisation

Sage/Xero experience

Tools

Sage 50

Xero

Sage Accounting

Job description

Reporting to: Financial Controller

We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Accounts Assistant to support our Finance function.

This is a varied, hands‑on role covering payroll‑related finance processes, billing, reconciliations, banking, credit control and ledger activities. You’ll help to maintain accurate financial records, resolve discrepancies and ensure key finance processes are completed accurately and on time.

What You’ll Be Doing

Operational Finance

• Support weekly payroll processes, including BACS, wage and sales imports, margin reconciliations and funding information.
• Complete payroll and finance reconciliations, including PAYE, VAT, holiday pay, advances and associated control accounts.
• Process Sage transactions, including allocations, reallocations, refunds and supplier account matching.
• Investigate and resolve reconciliation differences, suspense items and operational finance queries.
• Support weekly and monthly finance controls, checklists and procedures.

Billing & Sales Ledger

• Raise customer invoices across various platforms and complete monthly billing cycles.
• Liaise with internal teams to resolve discrepancies and support accurate revenue recognition.
• Maintain accurate sales ledger records and support related transactional finance activities.
• Credit control duties

Banking and Reconciliations

• Post and reconcile high-volume bank transactions, ensuring payments are accurately allocated.
• Investigate and resolve unreconciled items in collaboration with internal departments.
• Respond to customer billing queries professionally and clearly.

We’d love to Hear from Someone That

• Has strong practical payroll experience and a good understanding of payroll processes and associated finance reconciliations.
• Brings experience in high-volume transactional finance, including billing, reconciliations and ledger management.
• Has experience investigating and resolving financial discrepancies.
• Is proficient in Excel, including formulas, lookups, SUMIFs and pivot tables.
• Has excellent attention to detail and a proactive, solution-focused approach.
• Communicates confidently and professionally across teams.
• Can manage competing priorities
• Ideally has experience working across multiple entities or within a group structure.
• Has working knowledge of systems such as Sage 50, Xero or Sage Accounting.
• Is available to support outside normal office hours (within reason) on occasion, potentially from home.
• Is comfortable in a fast-paced working environment.

What’s Next?

Our recruitment team will be in touch for an initial screening call if your application is shortlisted. Please note that due to high application volumes, we may not be able to respond to every applicant individually.

What We Can Offer You

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service, plus bank holidays
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Awards
• Long Service Recognition
• Spectrum Life
• Annual Pay Review
• Employee Referral Scheme

Brand: Workwell Outsourcing

Territory: EMEA

Location: Otley, United Kingdom

Salary: £27,000 - £32,000

Workplace: Hybrid

Experience: Mid

Hours: Mon – Fri