Accounts Assistant: Hands-On, Fast-Paced Finance Team

Confidential; Rugby; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking an Accounts Assistant to join its finance team in Rugby. This full‑time, permanent role covers transactional accounting across multiple group entities, including sales and purchase ledgers, credit control, and cashbooks.

The role offers variety, hands‑on finance exposure and the chance to influence daily financial operations, with opportunities to use AI tools to streamline processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in accounts or transactional finance.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Good communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage workload and meet deadlines.
• Proactive, flexible and resilient approach.
• Intermediate Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Set up and maintain customer accounts; produce sales invoices.
• Investigate and resolve customer queries.
• Review customer accounts and chase outstanding debts.
• Process purchase invoices and credit card receipts.
• Reconcile supplier statements.
• Manage multiple purchase ledger inboxes and respond to invoice queries.
• Set up cashbook payments.
• Maintain cashbooks and weekly bank reconciliations.
• Ensure invoices have VAT and CIS treatment.
• Produce ad hoc project spend reports.
• File and maintain finance documentation.
• Support year-end audit process.
• Provide wider administrative and finance support.

Skills

Accounts experience

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Workload management

Excel skills

Tools

COINS

Sage 50

Xero

Job description

Confidential is seeking an Accounts Assistant to join its finance team in Rugby. This full‑time, permanent role covers transactional accounting across multiple group entities, including sales and purchase ledgers, credit control, and cashbooks.

The role offers variety, hands‑on finance exposure and the chance to influence daily financial operations, with opportunities to use AI tools to streamline processes.