Accounts Assistant

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

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Butler Rose is seeking an Accounts Assistant for our Chorley-based office. You will join a busy finance function handling a range of transactional duties, ensuring accuracy and timeliness across invoicing, payments, and payroll data entry.

The role emphasizes attention to detail, numerical accuracy, and good communication within the team. Sage experience is a plus in this office-based position.

Qualifications

• Experience as Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant or Purchase Ledger Clerk.
• Experience using Sage would be a benefit.
• Role is transactional and not intended for immediate progression.

Responsibilities

• Support a busy finance function in a varied transactional role.
• Process supplier invoices accurately and prepare payment runs.
• Raise customer sales invoices to support cash flow.
• Reconcile credit card payments, staff expenses and petty cash.
• Input data for payroll to ensure on-time pay.

Skills

Attention to detail

Numerical accuracy

Communication

Tools

Sage

Job description

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!

Interested?

If you're an Accounts Assistant who thrives on variety, take pride in flawless accuracy and love staying busy -

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