Accounts Assistant

Cappagh Public Works Ltd; Wimbledon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Cappagh Public Works Ltd is seeking an Accounts Assistant to join our finance team in Wimbledon. You’ll own daily invoicing for contracts, manage invoices for skips, aggregates and waste removal, and support monthly applications for payment.

You’ll use Sage, Weighsoft, Eque2 and Tradex, with Excel reporting and strong attention to detail to meet monthly deadlines while providing clear communication with customers and depots.

Qualifications

• Experience with invoicing or accounts administration.
• Familiarity with Sage, or the ability to pick it up quickly.
• Experience with Weighsoft, Eque2, or Tradex is an advantage but not essential.
• Strong attention to detail and comfortable working to monthly deadlines.
• Good communication skills for liaising with customers, depots, and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily invoicing for contracts including skips, aggregates and waste removal.
• Process e-invoicing through the Weighsoft system and manual invoicing of paper tickets through Sage.
• Issue monthly customer statements and source missing tickets from depots.
• Raise contract invoices in Eque2 with progress and payment certificates.
• Assist with monthly applications for payment to utilities customers and enter data in Excel.
• Take card payments and allocate to correct accounts and invoices.
• Handle invoice queries and issue credits as required.
• Set up new customer accounts on Sage and upload invoices to Tradex.

Skills

Invoicing

Sage accounting

Weighsoft

Eque2

Tradex

Excel (Pivot tables)

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Tools

Sage

Weighsoft

Eque2

Tradex

Job description

Cappagh is a family of specialist businesses delivering complete construction, utility and waste-management solutions. We're looking for an Accounts Assistant to join our finance team.

The role

You’ll take ownership of daily invoicing for Cappagh Public Works Limited — skips, aggregates, and waste removal and support the wider finance team with contract invoicing, monthly applications for payment and customer account administration.

Key responsibilities

• Manage daily invoicing for Public Works contracts covering skips, aggregates, and waste removal.
• Process e-invoicing through the Weighsoft system and manual invoicing of paper tickets through Sage.
• Issue monthly customer statements, confirming all tickets for the month are accounted for and sourcing any missing tickets from depots where needed.
• Raise contract invoices in Eque2, including progress payment certificates (e.g. for Ferrovial) and payment certificates (e.g. for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea).
• Support preparation of monthly applications for payment to utilities customers, keeping to current agreed rates - entering data from manual tickets into Excel and downloading e-ticket reports.
• Take card payments and allocate them to the correct customer accounts and invoices.
• Handle invoice queries and issue credits as required.
• Set up new customer accounts on Sage.
• Use Excel, including pivot tables, for reporting and reconciliation.
• Upload invoices to Tradex.
• Acquire purchase orders (POs) from customers.
  

What we’re looking for

• Experience with invoicing or accounts administration, ideally within construction, waste, or logistics.
• Familiarity with Sage, or the ability to pick it up quickly.
• Experience with Weighsoft, Eque2, or Tradex is an advantage but not essential.
• Strong attention to detail and comfortable working to monthly deadlines.
• Good communication skills for liaising with customers, depots, and subcontractors.