Accounts Assistant

Sewell Wallis Ltd; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is supporting a team in Rotherham looking for an Accounts Assistant. This position involves processing invoices, managing supplier relationships, and supporting daily accounting tasks. The ideal candidate will have experience in both purchase and sales ledger, be comfortable handling high volumes of work, and possess strong attention to detail. This role offers flexible hours and opportunities for professional development within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Free onsite parking

Supportive finance team

Qualifications

• Experienced Accounts Assistant or strong exposure to both purchase and sales ledger.
• Confident in processing high volumes of invoices.
• Skilled in building relationships with suppliers, customers, and internal teams.
• Highly organized and proactive in meeting deadlines under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Processing, coding, and reconciling high-volume purchase invoices.
• Managing supplier statements and resolving invoice discrepancies.
• Raising sales invoices and reconciling debtor accounts.
• Proactively chasing overdue payments.

Skills

Attention to detail

Relationship building

Handling high volumes of invoices

Proficiency in Excel

Tools

Sage accounting software

Job description

Overview

Sewell Wallis is currently supporting a growing, well-established business based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, which is looking to appoint an experienced Accounts Assistant to join their finance team. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who has a solid background in transactional finance and is now looking to take ownership of both purchase and sales ledger responsibilities within a growing business.

The role of Accounts Assistant will suit someone who works well in a busy environment, has strong attention to detail, and would enjoy taking ownership of the day-to-day accounting process from start to finish.

Responsibilities

• Processing, coding and reconciling high-volume purchase invoices.
• Managing supplier statements, resolving invoice discrepancies and preparing weekly/monthly payment runs.
• Raising sales invoices, allocating customer receipts and reconciling debtor accounts.
• Proactively chasing overdue payments and maintaining professional customer relationships.
• Supporting with cashbook postings and daily bank reconciliations.
• Setting up new supplier and customer accounts and ensuring accurate financial records.
• Assisting with resolving complex queries across both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
• Providing occasional support to wider finance functions during busier periods.

Qualifications

• An experienced Accounts Assistant or someone with strong exposure to both purchase ledger and sales ledger.
• Confident in handling high-volumes of invoices.
• Skilled in building relationships with suppliers, customers and internal teams.
• Proficient in Excel and accounting software (ideally Sage).
• Highly organised, proactive and able to meet deadlines under pressure.

What’s on offer

• Flexible hours.
• Free onsite parking.
• Supportive finance team with opportunities to develop and take on more responsibility.
• Secure, stable business with a friendly working culture.

For more information, please contact Eleanor Kirk.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.