Accounts Assistant

Ideal Personnel & Recruitment Solutions Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Greater London is seeking an Accounts Assistant. In this role, you will support daily financial operations, maintain client and supplier relationships, and ensure compliance with financial regulations. The ideal candidate will have strong IT skills and previous accounts experience. This position offers the chance to be part of a dynamic team focused on efficient financial service delivery.

Qualifications

• Good all-round IT skills are essential.
• Previous experience in accounts is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in day-to-day financial operations.
• Monitor client ledgers and allocate receipts/payments.
• Prepare reconciliations and reports.
• Review financial data and resolve queries.

Skills

IT skills

Accounts experience

Job description

Overview

Our client has a permanent vacancy for an Accounts Assistant to join their team. You will support the Accounts Manager in delivering competent and efficient Accounts services, ensuring service levels are upheld for the live teams, financial responsibilities are met, client and supplier relationships are positively managed, and that organisational support is consistently delivered and in compliance.

Responsibilities

• Assist in day-to-day financial operations within, and transactions to and from, the company, including but not limited to:
• Client ledgers monitoring and allocating receipts/payments
• Completions monitoring daily completions, setting up payments, ensuring values are accurately checked, and ensuring relevant payee checks are/have been carried out
• Ad hoc payments monitoring and processing pre- and post-completion payments
• Bankline functions and usage as required
• Daily transfers—submitting and recording daily cost transfers
• Queries — liaising with the relevant operational teams to resolve issues as they occur
• Purchase ledger—assisting in the maintenance and relationships of suppliers
• Nominal ledger—assisting in the maintenance
• Review financial data and prepare reconciliations and reports as required, including investigation and clearance of aged balances
• Understand and adhere to financial regulations and legislation

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have good all-round IT skills along with previous accounts experience.

How to apply

Due to the large number of responses we receive it is not always possible to respond to every application straight away. Should your skills and experience be a match for this role, or any other vacancy we may have, we will normally contact you within 72 hours of receiving your application. If you wish to apply for further roles please do so.