Accounts Assistant – Construction & JV Finance

Esh Group; Bowburn; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Esh Homes Ltd, part of the Esh Group, seeks an Accounts Assistant to manage day-to-day bookkeeping across multiple JV entities, posting journals, reconciling balances, and processing invoices. You will support month-end reporting, VAT compliance and assist with statutory reporting in a fast-paced construction environment.

The role requires strong accuracy, organisation and the ability to manage multiple entities.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance or accounting role with month-end responsibilities.
• Proficient in double-entry bookkeeping and reconciliations.
• Experience with bank reconciliations, VAT and intercompany accounting.
• Strong Excel skills (formulas, lookups, PivotTables).
• Experience with joint ventures or multiple entities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate accounting records for Homes by Esh division across multiple JV entities.
• Prepare and post journals, including accruals, prepayments and intercompany transactions.
• Raise sales invoices and process customer receipts, ensuring payments are allocated correctly.
• Monitor outstanding customer balances and support credit control.
• Perform bank reconciliations across multiple companies and investigate discrepancies.
• Post receipts, payments and journals, including month-end intercompany payments.
• Reconcile balance sheet control accounts and resolve reconciling items.
• Assist with monthly management information and reporting deadlines.
• Investigate and resolve accounting discrepancies to maintain ledger integrity.
• Prepare VAT information and support VAT compliance processes.
• Ensure records comply with policies, standards and audits.
• Maintain audit trails and assist year-end audit and statutory reporting.
• Reconcile intercompany balances and partner loan accounts.
• Support continuous improvement of finance processes and controls.
• Assist colleagues across the wider finance team as required.

Skills

Month-end

Double-entry bookkeeping

Journals

Intercompany accounting

VAT knowledge

Excel advanced

Organised

Problem solving

ERP systems

Joint ventures experience

Construction sector

COINS/Sage

MS Dynamics

Education

AAT Qualified or ACCA/CIMA/ACA

Tools

COINS

Sage

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Esh Homes Ltd, part of the Esh Group, seeks an Accounts Assistant to manage day-to-day bookkeeping across multiple JV entities, posting journals, reconciling balances, and processing invoices. You will support month-end reporting, VAT compliance and assist with statutory reporting in a fast-paced construction environment.

The role requires strong accuracy, organisation and the ability to manage multiple entities.