Accounts Assistant

Able Bridge Recruitment Ltd; Leslie; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Parking

Pension

Holiday

Attractive salary

Job summary

Able Bridge Recruitment Ltd is recruiting an accounts assistant for a permanent role in Glenrothes, Scotland. Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will provide accounting support across UK and European entities in a busy finance team.

The role is office-based, five days a week, with responsibilities spanning supplier reconciliations, VAT invoicing, and bank transaction processing. The successful candidate will have UK accounting experience and be able to travel to Glenrothes daily.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of accounting experience in the UK.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a busy office environment.
• Ability to multi-task and take initiative.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile supplier accounts for multiple entities.
• Upload missing purchase invoices to the accounting system for main supplier accounts.
• Request VAT invoices for all payments on account.
• Process purchase ledger transactions and request VAT receipts.
• Process credit card transactions.
• Upload purchase invoices to external accountant’s OneDrive for European entity.
• Consult with bookkeeper in Germany to resolve queries.
• Send monthly supplier statements.
• Process bank transactions on bank feeds for UK entities.
• Process bank transactions for a European entity.

Skills

Accounting experience

Job description

The Company

Able Bridge Recruitment are proud to be working once again with an ever expanding and rapidly growing business in Glenrothes in the recruitment of an account’s assistant on a permanent basis.

Benefits include

• Free Parking
• Attractive salary
• Pension
• Holiday

This vacancy is a newly created role that will report into the finance manager who intern reports into the CFO and will be office based full time.

This will be the 4th successive placement that Able Bridge Recruitment have made within the organisation and the feedback from those placed has been incredible.

The Responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to provide accounting support to the finance manager who in turn will be taking more responsibility with the team as the CFO embarks on an ambitious growth phase in the company.

On a day-to-day basis you can expect to be responsible for the following;

• Reconciliation of supplier accounts for multiple entities
• Upload missing purchase invoices to the accounting system to main supplier accounts
• Request VAT invoices for all payments on account
• Process purchase ledger transactions and request VAT receipts
• Process credit card transactions
• Upload purchase invoices to external accountant’s Onedrive for European entity
• Consult with bookkeeper in Germany to resolve queries
• Send monthly supplier statements
• Process bank transactions on bank feeds for UK entities
• Process bank transactions for a European entity

The Requirements

We are looking for an experienced accounts assistant who has a minimum of 3 years of accounting experience gained within the UK. Candidates will be office based 5 days per week so candidates will need to be able to travel to Glenrothes daily. The role will be working within a busy and thriving environment so applicants will need to be able to demonstrate an ability to multi-task and act on their own initiative. We are seeking proactive applicants who will go the extra mile, in turn you will be rewarded with an opportunity to flourish and be part of an exciting journey.

Our client does not hold a license to offer study support so will only consider applicants who are able to work unrestricted within the UK and who are based in the immediate vicinity.