Accounts Assistant

Peoplebank; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Company bonus schemes

Employer pension contribution from day

Job summary

Peoplebank is seeking an Accounts Assistant to support the Finance team in Huddersfield. The role focuses on cashflow reporting, bank reconciliations, expense processing, and providing data for national statistics, with responsibility for daily/monthly management reporting and ledger team support.

The successful candidate will have experience in accounts, be proficient with finance systems and Excel, and work well in a team to meet tight deadlines in a hybrid office environment.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of core accounts processes.
• Ability to work with Finance systems to process and extract information and maintain financial control.
• Strong attention to detail combined with the ability to work at speed.
• Good communicator with the ability to listen and interpret complex information.
• Working as part of a team to meet deadlines.
• Experience in an Accounts Assistant role is required.
• Experience of reporting using finance systems and Excel spreadsheets is required.
• Experience of working proactively and independently with colleagues is required.

Responsibilities

• Produce daily cashflow report.
• Produce daily bank reconciliations.
• Process expenses claims.
• Provide data required by Office for National Statistics.
• Run daily and monthly reports for management.
• Provide cover for team member absence.
• Month end aged debt clear down reporting.
• Allocate payments to supplier accounts.
• Set up new supplier accounts on the system.
• Assist with managing and monitoring customer fraud and risk.
• Assist Ledger Team members as required.
• Perform system administration duties in banking system, HSBCnet.
• General administration duties such as post and filing.

Skills

Core accounts processes

Finance systems

Attention to detail

Communication

Team collaboration

Accounts Assistant experience

Finance reporting

Excel reporting

Tools

Excel

Job description

Overview

Role Purpose

The purpose of the role is to support the Finance team to maintain financial control by performing certain tasks within established finance processes e.g. reporting, analysis, ledger review, administration.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Produce daily cashflow report
• Produce daily bank reconciliations
• Process expenses claims
• Provide data required by Office for National Statistics
• Running daily and monthly reports for management
• Providing cover for team member absence
• Month end aged debt clear down reporting
• Allocation of payments to supplier accounts
• Set up new supplier accounts on the system
• Assist with managing and monitoring customer fraud and risk
• Assisting members of the Ledger Team when required
• Perform system administration duties in banking system, HSBCnet
• General administration duties e.g. post, filing

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications

• Working knowledge of core accounts processes
• Ability to work with Finance systems to process and extract information and maintain financial control
• Strong attention to detail combined with the ability to work at speed
• Good communicator with the ability to listen and interpret complex information
• Working as part of a team to meet deadlines
• Experience in an Accounts Assistant role is required
• Experience of reporting using finance systems and Excel spreadsheets is required
• Experience of working proactively and independently with colleagues is required

We're a business that cares. Here's just some of our benefits on offer;

• 33 days holiday, increasing up to 40 with service.
• Buy & Sell holiday schemes
• Company Bonus Schemes
• Employer pension contribution from day 1 enrolment.
• Significant staff discounts for family & friends from our shops & online
• Ongoing offers & discounts across a variety of external organisations, from holidays, travel, restaurants, gifts & services to many more worthy discounts through our Benefits Hub
• Subsidised health & critical illness cover and insurances
• Supportive family related leave policies (including company enhanced pay for maternity, IVF & Fertility, surrogacy, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave)
• A Menopause Friendly Employer

We also operate at Head Office:

• Hybrid flexi office working with 2 days working from home
• Flexi-time schemes based around core working hours whether in the office, or working from home (NB*: All benefits subject to individual schemes criteria & terms)