Accounts Assistant

Holden Jones Limited; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in High Wycombe is seeking a competent Accounts Assistant to manage accounts payable and other financial duties. The role requires strong interpersonal and analytical skills, and proficiency in using Xero and Sage for financial transactions. Ideal candidates will demonstrate attention to detail and be flexible in taking on additional responsibilities within the finance department.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Accounts Payable covering all duties.
• Flexibility to cover other duties and prioritize workload.
• Good Excel skills, ideally with Pivot Tables and Look Ups.

Responsibilities

• Coding and processing approximately 500 purchase invoices.
• Weekly approved payments runs and producing remittances.
• Handling supplier queries and all invoice filing.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Attention to Detail

Analytical Skills

Excel (Pivot Tables, Look Ups)

Tools

Xero

Sage

Job description

An expanding group of companies based in High Wycombe have acquired a new company that is being integrated into their group head office and as such they are seeking to recruit a highly competent Accounts Assistant who will cover the end to end responsibilities of the accounts payable, but also other areas such as expenses, bank reconciliations and accounts receivables. They are looking for someone who strives to achieve the highest possible levels of performance and builds excellent relationships with suppliers and customers. The main responsibilities will be:

• Coding and processing all c500 purchase invoices onto Xero and Sage
• Weekly approved payments runs
• Produce and sending remittances for all supplier payments
• Dealing with supplier queries and all invoice filing

Process all employee expenses including checking receipts for accuracy

Bank reconciliations

Assisting on Accounts Receivables including cash allocation, sending chasing email and resolving billings queries

You will have extensive Accounts Payable experience covering the full spectrum of duties, but have the flexibility to cover other duties and prioritise your workload appropriately. You will have good interpersonal skills with a real attention to detail in particular with regards to cost allocation to projects. You will also have an analytical approach with Excel skills, ideally to Pivot Tables and Look Ups to work with data and sometimes generate reports.