Accounts Assistant - Hybrid

Newman Personnel; Saffron Walden; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Newman Personnel is seeking an Accounts and Bookkeeping Assistant to join a busy team, handling day-to-day bookkeeping, keeping records up to date and following up on discrepancies.

You will process purchase and sales invoices, perform reconciliations, and support VAT returns and month-end reporting, in a hybrid working environment with office days in Saffron Walden.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in accounts or bookkeeping, in practice or in-house finance.
• Experience with purchase and sales ledgers and bank reconciliations.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Process purchase and sales invoices and keep ledgers up to date.
• Carry out bank and supplier statement reconciliations.
• Investigate discrepancies and handle day-to-day queries.
• Support VAT returns and month-end reporting.

Skills

Accounts experience

Bookkeeping

Excel skills

Xero / QuickBooks

Tools

Xero

QuickBooks Online

Job description

A great opportunity to join an established company as a hands‑on Accounts and Bookkeeping Assistant. You'll be part of a busy team, handling day‑to‑day bookkeeping, keeping records up to date and following up on any discrepancies.

What you'll be doing

• Processing purchase and sales invoices and keeping both ledgers up to date
• Carrying out bank and supplier statement reconciliations
• Investigating discrepancies and dealing with day-to-day accounts queries
• Supporting VAT returns and month-end reporting

What you'll bring

• Previous hands‑on experience in accounts or bookkeeping, gained in a practice or an in‑house finance team
• Experience with purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliations
• Good Excel skills and experience using accounting software, ideally Xero or QuickBooks Online
• Good attention to detail and the ability to manage deadlines
• The ability to drive and commute to the office in the Saffron Walden area on office days

This is a full-time, permanent position with hybrid working.