Accounts Assistant

Shelbourne Motors Maxus; Portadown; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Shelbourne Motors Limited in Portadown is seeking an Accounts Assistant to support the finance function and drive operational excellence. The role is on-site with flexible start/finish times to attract the best candidates.

You will handle credit control for Sales & Purchases, reconcile nominal ledgers, log invoices on the accounting system, and assist with banking, lodgements and cash management, along with general admin duties.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an Accounts Assistant role.
• Ability to process information accurately and efficiently.
• Daily maintenance of Sales ledger and banking transactions.
• Finalise nominal ledgers by month end to assist Group Balance Sheet Review.

Responsibilities

• Support smooth running of the finance function and assist Senior Accounts.
• Credit control management for Sales & Purchases and ledger reconciliations.
• Log invoices onto the accounts IT system and handle banking tasks.

Skills

Credit control

Account reconciliation

Data entry

Organisational skills

Team player

Education

Relevant accounting qualification (IATI preferred)

Tools

Excel

Keyloop

Accounts software

Job description

Shelbourne Motors is one of Northern Ireland’s most progressive and award-winning automotive groups. Operating across two state-of-the-art locations, we proudly represent Toyota, Nissan, Kia, Renault, Dacia and Maxus, alongside our AutoSelect used car supermarkets and our expanding Fleet (fleet4u) and Rental (SVRgo) divisions.

In recent years, Shelbourne Motors has undergone a major period of transformation and recognition.

Most Recently, We Were Proudly Awarded

• Dealer Group of the Year 2024 & 2025
• EV Dealer of the Year 2025
• Best Marketing Campaign 2025
• Business Eye – Northern Ireland’s Fastest Growing Family Business
• AM Awards – Highly Commended: Best Marketing Strategy

Due to continued growth and expansion, we are looking to recruit an additional Accounts Assistant to grow our exisiting Accounts Team. The successful candidate will play an important role in supporting the finance function and helping drive operational excellencee. We are fully flexible on start and finish times, hours and days per week to attract the very best candidate for this role.

Location

Portadown premises. On-site working.

Hours

Flexibility on hours of work, start and finish times and days per week

The Role

The Accounts Assistant role supports the smooth running of the finance function. The job holder will be an essential part of a team providing administrative support to Senior Accounts. Daily duties will involve credit control management for Sales & Purchases, reconciling nominal ledgers, collating & logging all invoices onto the accounts IT system to ensure prompt payment, banking including bank reconciliations, lodgements, receipt and management of all cash along with general administrative duties such as opening, sorting & distributing of post.

THE PERSON

The Essential Criteria Includes

• Previous experience in an Accounts Assistant role
• Ability to process information accurately and efficiently
• Daily maintenance of Sales ledger and banking transactions
• Reconciling nominal ledgers with accurate detail weekly.
• Finalise nominal ledgers by 10th month to allow for Group Balance Sheet Review.
• Carry out monthly payments through system
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Computer Literacy
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Packages in particular Excel
• Previous working experience of an Accounts computerised system

Preference will be given to those applicants holding or working towards a relevant qualification, ideally IATI qualified, previous experience in a similar role within the automotive industry and working knowledge of the Keyloop computerised system.

Shelbourne Motors Limited is an Equal Opportunities Employer.