Accounts Assistant

Elevation Recruitment Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

25 days' annual leave + bank holidays

Job summary

Elevation Recruitment Group is seeking an Accounts Assistant to join a busy finance team in Leeds. The role focuses on cash allocation and payment processing, handling high volumes of customer payments with accuracy and attention to detail.

You will support the wider finance team, process accounts, and work to tight deadlines during busy periods. This permanent, office-based role offers a clear path for developing transactional accounting skills.

Qualifications

• Experience handling high volumes of customer payments.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in cash allocation.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a busy finance environment.

Responsibilities

• Processing and allocating high volumes of customer payments across the business.
• Reviewing payment information to ensure cash is allocated to correct accounts and invoices.
• Investigating unidentified or incorrectly allocated payments and resolving discrepancies.
• Liaising with internal teams and customers to query missing information and resolve allocation issues.
• Monitoring customer accounts to ensure payments are reflected accurately.
• Setting up new customer accounts and processing account application forms.
• Supporting the wider finance team with transactional duties.
• Working to tight deadlines, especially during busy payment periods.

Skills

High-volume payments

Attention to detail

Organised', 'multitasking

Job description

Accounts Assistant

Location: Leeds (LS27)
Salary: Up to £30,000
Type: Permanent, full-time
Working pattern: Fully office-based

We're recruiting an Accounts Assistant to join a busy finance team within an established and growing national business.

This is a hands-on transactional finance role with a particular focus on cash allocation and payment processing. You'll be responsible for accurately allocating high volumes of customer payments, investigating discrepancies and ensuring accounts are kept up to date. It's a busy role where attention to detail, confidence working with numbers and the ability to manage workload under pressure are essential.

The role

• Processing and allocating high volumes of customer payments across the business.
• Reviewing payment information carefully to ensure cash is allocated against the correct customer accounts and invoices.
• Investigating unidentified or incorrectly allocated payments and resolving discrepancies.
• Liaising with internal teams and customers to query missing information and resolve allocation issues.
• Monitoring customer accounts to ensure payments are accurately reflected and accounts remain up to date.
• Setting up new customer accounts and processing account application forms.
• Supporting the wider finance team with general accounts administration and transactional duties.
• Working to tight deadlines, particularly during busy payment periods.

About you

• Previous experience in an Accounts Assistant, Cash Allocation, Sales Ledger or similar transactional finance role.
• Confident handling high volumes of payments and allocating cash accurately.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to spot discrepancies rather than simply process transactions.
• Comfortable investigating queries and following issues through to resolution.
• Organised, reliable and able to manage competing priorities in a busy environment.
• A positive attitude and willingness to learn.

What's on offer

• Salary of up to £30,000.
• Flexible working.
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Potential for study support.