Accounts Assistant

Addington Ball Recruitment Ltd; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary up to £30,000

Broad accounting exposure

Professional services environment

Leamington Spa location

Job summary

Addington Ball Recruitment Ltd is seeking an Accounts Assistant to join a busy finance team in Leamington Spa. You will handle purchase ledger, bank reconciliations, and payments, contributing to accurate financial records.

This role suits someone with solid accounts experience who enjoys detail, accuracy, and working in a supportive team. It offers a base salary up to £30,000 and exposure to a professional services environment.

Qualifications

• Good practical experience gained within an accounts environment.
• Comfortable with purchase ledger, payments and bank reconciliations.
• Experience using online banking software would be beneficial.
• Familiarity with CHAPS and BACS payments would be advantageous.
• Experience within a professional services organisation, such as an accountancy or law firm, is useful but by no mean essential.
• Numerate, accurate and comfortable working as part of a busy team.

Responsibilities

• Manage purchase ledger activity, including processing supplier invoices and payments
• Complete daily and monthly bank reconciliations
• Use online banking software, including NatWest Bankline, to process and monitor transactions
• Prepare, check and process CHAPS and BACS payments
• Post receipts, payments, invoices and journals accurately
• Assist with client and office account transactions and reconciliations
• Work closely with colleagues to investigate and resolve financial queries.

Job description

If you've built a solid grounding in accounts and you're ready for a role where you can broaden your experience, this could be a great next move.

We're looking for an Accounts Assistant to join the busy finance team of an established professional services organisation in Leamington Spa. You'll get involved in the day-to-day accounts activity that keeps the organisation moving, from purchase ledger and reconciliations through to banking and payments.

This could particularly suit an Accounts Assistant with existing practical accounts experience who enjoys working with figures, takes pride in getting the detail right and likes being part of a supportive team.

Role Overview

• Manage purchase ledger activity, including processing supplier invoices and payments
• Complete daily and monthly bank reconciliations
• Use online banking software, including NatWest Bankline, to process and monitor transactions
• Prepare, check and process CHAPS and BACS payments
• Post receipts, payments, invoices and journals accurately
• Assist with client and office account transactions and reconciliations
• Work closely with colleagues to investigate and resolve financial queries.

The Ideal Candidate

• Good practical experience gained within an accounts environment
• Comfortable with purchase ledger, payments and bank reconciliations
• Experience using online banking software would be beneficial
• Familiarity with CHAPS and BACS payments would be advantageous
• Experience within a professional services organisation, such as an accountancy or law firm, is useful but by no mean essential
• Numerate, accurate and comfortable working as part of a busy team.

What's on Offer

• Base salary up to £30,000
• Opportunity to broaden your hands-on accounting and finance experience
• Varied responsibilities across transactional accounting and banking
• Established and reputable professional services environment
• Leamington Spa location
• A role where accuracy, teamwork and practical accounts knowledge are valued.

Addington Ball is a specialist finance and accounting recruitment consultancy covering the Midlands and Northern Home counties. We are a member of TEAM and are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Job ref - ABJ/261490 - Accounts Assistant