Accounts Assistant (6 Month FTC)

Axon Moore; Preston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days annual leave

Bank holidays

Flexible hours (FT/PT)

Company pension

Staff discounts

Free on-site parking

Regular team events and recognition

Job summary

Axon Moore are partnering with an established business in Preston to recruit an Accounts Assistant on a 6-month fixed-term contract. The role offers full-time or part-time hours and exposure across transactional finance in a supportive team.

responsibilities include ownership of ledgers, invoices, cash allocation, and timely debt collection, with opportunities to develop within a growing finance function.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a similar accounts role.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Good IT and MS Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the purchase ledger end-to-end.
• End-to-end responsibility across sales ledger and credit control.
• Raising sales invoices and distributing them accurately.
• Proactively chase overdue accounts for payment.
• Allocating cash onto the system.
• Liaise internally regarding overdue debtors and queries.
• Matching and coding purchase invoices.
• Run payment runs and supplier statement reconciliations.
• Process employee expenses and company credit cards.
• Conduct bank reconciliations.
• Ensure adherence to internal policies and controls.
• Provide sickness and leave cover as needed.
• Ad-hoc duties as required.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Attention to detail

Time management

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Accounts Assistant (6 Month Fixed Term Contract) | £30,000 - £35,000 DOE | Preston | Full-time or Part-time Hours considered |Friendly and supportive management team

Axon Moore are partnering with an established and growing business that is looking for an established accounts assistant to join their team on an initial 6 month fixed term contract.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive finance team in a varied role where you will gain exposure across all aspects of transactional finance while contributing to the smooth running of the finance function. Candidates who are looking for part-time/reduced hours will also be considered for this role.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Full ownership of the purchase ledger
• End-to-end responsibility across sales ledger and credit control
• Raising sales invoices and accurately distributing
• Proactively chasing overdue accounts for payment
• Allocating cash onto the system
• Internal liaison regarding overdue debtors and queries
• Matching and coding of purchase invoices
• Payment runs
• Supplier statement recs
• Processing employee expenses and company credit cards
• Bank reconciliations
• Ensure adherence to internal policies and controls
• Sickness and leave cover across the team
• Ad-hoc duties as and when required

Required Experience and Skills

• At least 2 years’ experience in a similar role
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good organisational and time-keeping skills
• High attention to detail and able to take ownership of their role
• Good IT and MS Excel skills

Benefits

• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Monday- Friday 9am- 5:30pm (flexible)
• Part-time/reduced hours also considered
• Company pension
• Staff discounts
• Free on-site parking
• Regular team evens and recognition programmes

“Our local Lancashire Axon Moore team recruit all accounting and finance roles from CFO to transactional finance on both a temporary and permanent basis. For more information about this role or our wider team or see our website at(url removed)” INDFIN