Accounts Assistant

Travail Employment Group; Northampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local employment agency in Northampton is seeking an Accounts Assistant / Finance Assistant / Purchase Ledger Clerk for a temporary contract with immediate start. The role is office-based, full-time, and involves raising invoices, reconciliations, and supplier liaison. Candidates should have at least 1 year of experience in finance and ideally knowledge of Sage Line 200. Opportunity for a permanent position may arise.

Benefits

On site Parking

Friendly Team

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year working background in an Accounts/Finance related role.
• Confidence with Microsoft packages, ideally including Sage.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize workload.

Responsibilities

• Raising and processing invoices.
• Handling purchase ledger and some sales ledger work.
• Performing account and statement/bank reconciliations.
• Liaising with suppliers and customers via phone and email.
• Processing payment runs and month end processes.

Skills

Sage Line 200

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Job description

Overview

Accounts Assistant / Finance Assistant/ Purchase Ledger Clerk - Temporary Contract (6 months) - Immediate Start Required - Full Time Office based - 35 Hours per week 09:00 - 17:00 Monday to Friday (hour lunch) - £13.73 p/h - On site Parking - Friendly Team

Role and environment

Due to expansion this established, fun-loving Wellingborough based company employing 35-40 staff is looking for an additional Accounts Assistant/ Finance Assistant/ Purchase Ledger Clerk to join their team of 7 within the Accounts department. The role will involve working with Sage Line 200; Sage knowledge would therefore be highly advantageous.

The offices are open plan, modern and communication with other departments in the business is encouraged. This is a full-time office-based role initially starting on a temporary, 6 month fixed-term contract to see them through a busy period. However there may be an opportunity of a permanent role in the future.

Responsibilities

• Raising and processing invoices
• Purchase ledger (some sales ledger work too)
• Account and statement/bank reconciliations
• Liaising with suppliers
• Month end processes
• Liaising with customers via telephone and email
• Processing payment runs
• General departmental support where needed

Requirements / Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year working background from within an Accounts / Finance related role
• Confidence with Microsoft packages (Excel, Outlook) and ideally Sage; Sage Line 200 knowledge highly advantageous
• Ability to work well within a team, be organised, prioritise workload, with strong attention to detail

Additional information

Along with the relevantAccounts knowledge you will be joining a family feel environment and ideally be a sociable person as the team do like to organise nights out together.

Travail Employment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.