Accounts Assistant

O; Potters Bar; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave: 24 days + 8 bank breaks

Job summary

O's Potters Bar head office is seeking an Accounts Assistant to support the group’s day‑to‑day finance, including purchase ledger, reconciliations and weekly reporting, within a small, established team.

This office based role runs Monday to Friday, 08:00–17:00, with full training on systems. We welcome someone with grounding in purchase ledger or transactional finance who is keen to broaden their remit and develop hands‑on accounting skills, including end-to-end processes.

Qualifications

• Ideally at least 2 years' experience in a finance or accounts environment.
• Grounding in purchase ledger or transactional finance with accuracy.
• Good Excel and Microsoft Office skills; comfortable handling large data volumes.
• Clear communication and ability to meet weekly/month-end deadlines.
• Willingness to learn, take ownership of your work and question anomalies.

Responsibilities

• Purchase ledger: set up suppliers, process invoices, code and prepare weekly payments.
• Weekly pay and bill: reconcile timesheets and upload data into the system.
• Reconciliations: bank, company car, fuel and staff expenses.
• Reporting: produce weekly and monthly sales and finance reports.
• Month-end support: finalise reconciliations and escalate outstanding items.
• Maintain accurate accounting records and coding; ensure data integrity.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excel

Organised

Communication

Education

AAT (desirable)

Tools

Dynamics 365 Business Central

Evolution M

Job description

Accounts Assistant

Office based – Potters Bar (Hertsmere) | Monday–Friday, 08:00–17:00

We're looking for an Accounts Assistant to join the finance team at our Potters Bar head office. You'll work across the group's day-to-day finance — purchase ledger, reconciliations and weekly reporting — as part of a small, established team.

Our processes are well established, and full training is provided on our systems. You won't need experience of every area of the role - we're just as interested in someone with a grounding in purchase ledger or transactional finance who is ready to broaden their remit - as we are in an experienced Accounts Assistant looking for a varied, hands‑on position.

Key Responsibilities

Working alongside the finance team, you'll cover a broad mix of transactional finance across the group:

• Purchase ledger — setting up suppliers and subcontractors, processing and coding invoices, resolving queries, and preparing the weekly payment runs for review and authorisation.
• Weekly pay and bill — checking and reconciling the group's timesheet, invoice and payment data, and uploading invoices and self-bills into the finance system.
• Reconciliations — bank, company car, fuel and insurance reconciliations, together with staff expenses.
• Reporting — producing our regular weekly and monthly sales and finance reports, and providing information in response to ad-hoc queries.
• Month-end support — checking ledgers, finalising reconciliations and escalating anything outstanding.
• Accuracy and control — keeping accurate accounting records, making sure transactions are correctly coded, and querying anything that doesn't look right.

About You

What we're looking for

• Ideally at least 2 years' experience in a finance or accounts environment — for example as a purchase ledger clerk or accounts assistant.
• A methodical and organised approach, with good attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good working knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Office, and confidence handling large volumes of data.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work to weekly and month-end deadlines.
• A willingness to learn, take ownership of your work, and question anything that doesn't look right.

Also useful, but not essential

• Experience in construction, recruitment or another high-volume, multi-company business.
• Exposure to Dynamics 365 Business Central or Evolution M — training will be provided either way.
• Study towards, or completion of, an accounting qualification such as AAT.

Working Arrangements

Office based at our Potters Bar head office, Monday to Friday, 08:00–17:00.

• Annual leave: 24 days + 8 bank holidays + 3 days Christmas shutdown.