Accounts Assistant: Diverse SME Finance & Reconciliations

Connections The Recruitment Specialists; England; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Connections The Recruitment Specialists is seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant for a busy SME finance team. You will manage Purchase and Sales Ledgers, handle multi-currency transactions and support creditor control with a hands-on approach.

You will also oversee AP ledger accuracy, assist with reconciliations, posting expenses and utilise Sage 50 and Excel for reporting. A practical, detail-focused mindset is essential in this varied role.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in a transactional Accounts Assistant / Finance Assistant role.
• Good knowledge of AP, AR and Credit Control.
• Strong Sage 50 experience.
• Good Excel skills.
• Experience with reconciliations and expenses.
• Ideally exposure to multi-currency.
• Ideally experience with invoice factoring.
• Good eye for detail and problem-solving mindset.

Responsibilities

• Looking after the Purchase and Sales Ledgers, including multi-currency transactions.
• Managing the AP ledger and keeping supplier accounts accurate and up to date.
• Supporting Credit Control and keeping on top of outstanding payments.
• Posting and reconciling company credit cards and expenses.
• Getting involved with the company's invoice factoring facility.
• Posting transactions and carrying out regular reconciliations.
• Investigating discrepancies and figuring out where things have gone slightly off-piste.
• Using Sage 50 as part of your day-to-day finance work.
• Using Excel to manage and analyse information, including VLOOKUPs and SUMIFs.
• Helping with reporting and those inevitable 'can you just' finance jobs that crop up.
• Working across multiple priorities and keeping things moving in a fast-paced SME.

Skills

Purchase Ledger

Sales Ledger

Credit Control

Reconciliations

Excel

General finance duties

Tools

Sage 50

Job description

Connections The Recruitment Specialists is seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant for a busy SME finance team. You will manage Purchase and Sales Ledgers, handle multi-currency transactions and support creditor control with a hands-on approach.

You will also oversee AP ledger accuracy, assist with reconciliations, posting expenses and utilise Sage 50 and Excel for reporting. A practical, detail-focused mindset is essential in this varied role.