Accounts Assistant

Pertemps Warrington; Warrington; Hybrid; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the manufacture and distribution sector is seeking an Accounts Assistant for a temp-perm role. This position involves supporting the finance team with critical tasks such as processing invoices, managing customer payments, and preparing financial statements. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong organisational, communication, and computer skills, alongside a prior background in accounting roles.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company pension

Private Medical Insurance

Options to buy/sell holidays

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Qualifications

• Must have worked in a similar role previously.
• Ability to pick up tasks quickly and efficiently.
• Work well as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Processing purchase invoices and incoming customer receipts.
• Chasing outstanding invoices and preparing payment runs.
• Compiling and submitting VAT returns.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Computer literacy

Tools

NAV

Job description

Job Title: Accounts Assistant
Location: Birchwood, Warrington (WA3 7PU)
Salary: 14.36 per hour
Shifts: Monday- Friday 07:00- 15:00
Contract Type: Temp- perm

We are currently recruiting for an Accounts Assistant on a temp-perm basis for our client who is a well-established manufacture and distribution company based in Warrington.
Reporting to the Finance Manager you will create inventory periods, vendor and customer posting groups as well as VAT posting setups and general ledger setup and operations. You will be involved in supporting the Finance Team to create the accounting financial statements for the business.

As an Accounts Assistant your duties will be: -

" Processing purchase invoices on NAV, including seeking relevant authorisations.
" Processing incoming customer receipts (collections) to the correct customer records.
" Chasing for outstanding customer invoices and sending monthly customer statements alongside the UK Finance Manager.
" Preparing payment run for vendor payments alongside the UK Finance Manager.
" Processing other bank reconciliation items via journals.
" Involvement in booking employee expenses to the ledger and seeking relevant approval.
" Support function of the calculation of owed customer rebates and commission calculations.
" Involvement in compiling and submitting VAT returns for the UK & Poland.

The successful Accounts Assistant will have the following skills: -

" Must have worked within a similar role previously.
" Ability to pick up tasks quickly and efficiently.
" Work well as part of a team.
" Strong organisational and communication skills.
" Good attention to detail.
" Effective time management skills.
" Computer literate.

Additional Information

" 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
" Company pension.
" Private Medical Insurance.
" 50/50 Hybrid working.
" Options to buy/sell holidays.
" EAP.