Accounts Assistant

Positive Recruitment Consultants Ltd; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Onsite parking

29 days holiday including bank hols

Job summary

Positive Recruitment Consultants Ltd is seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant to join a small team just west of Lincoln. This office-based role requires transport to the site and includes an annual salary of £28,000–£31,000 with pension and onsite parking.

You will manage sales and purchase ledgers across five companies, handle bank reconciliations, and support VAT/compliance tasks. A calm, deadline-conscious approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Sales ledger experience including invoicing.
• Purchase ledger experience with matching invoices to PO's & GRNs and nominal coding.
• Bank reconciliations and cash handling basics.
• Experience with year-end duties and balance sheet reconciliations is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Maintain sales and purchase ledgers, raise invoices and process payments.
• Handle petty cash, reconciliations, and bank statements.
• Prepare inter-company recharge allocations and reporting as required.
• Support ad-hoc office administration and coordinating deadlines.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Deadline awareness

Inter-company charges

Balance sheet recs

VAT knowledge

Foreign currency

Tools

Sage 50 Accounts

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

Due to continuing growth our client is looking to recruit an experience Accounts Assistant to join their small team just west of Lincoln. This is an office-based role and will require transport due to the office location.

The company is within a group of 5 companies, and the combined turnover is £49m. You will be working on the accounts for all 5 companies.

Duties:

• Sales ledger experience including raising customer invoices
• Purchase ledger experience including:
  • Matching invoices to PO's & GRN's
  • Nominal coding
  • Batch processing
  • Weekly and monthly payment runs
• Petty cash processing and reconciliation
• Bank reconciliations

Person specification:

• Good working knowledge of Sage 50 Accounts
• A basic understanding of VAT legislation
• Knowledge of foreign currency transactions
• Experience of Microsoft packages particularly Excel, Word and Outlook essential
• Minimum of 2 - 3 years' recent experience in a varied accounts assistant role
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ad-hoc administrative duties as and when necessary
• A good awareness of deadlines and a calm manner are essential
• Experience of balance sheet reconciliations would be advantageous
• Inter-company recharges

Benefits:

• 29 days holiday including bank holidays
• Pension
• Onsite parking
• Basic hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm with including half an hour for lunch. There may be some flexibility with start and finish times.
• Starting salary dependent on experience £28 - £31k