Accounts Assistant in Christchurch)

Rubicon Recruitment Group; Hurn; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Rubicon Recruitment Group is seeking a part-time Accounts Assistant to support the purchase and sales ledgers and keep numbers accurate.

This role offers 20–25 hours per week across five days with autonomy over your ledger, exposure to cash flow forecasting, and a collaborative finance team.

You’ll be entering daily transactions, reconciling statements, and assisting with month-end processes in a friendly, flexible environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in an accounts or bookkeeping role, confident processing purchase and sales ledger transactions
• Comfortable reconciling bank statements, and customer and supplier accounts
• Experience chasing aged debt and managing credit control processes
• Strong Excel skills with a keen eye for detail and accuracy
• Experience producing cash flow forecasts or supporting month end reporting
• AAT or equivalent accounts qualification desirable but not essential

Responsibilities

• Enter daily financial transactions, allocating payments and receipts into the accounting system
• Keep the purchase and sales ledger accurate and up to date, processing invoices and resolving discrepancies
• Monitor aged debtors, chase outstanding balances and send customer statements
• Reconcile bank statements, and customer and supplier accounts
• Produce weekly cash flow forecasts and reconcile monthly salary accounts
• Support month end reporting and liaise with internal departments on account queries

Skills

Excel skills

Education

AAT or equivalent qualification

Job description

Accounts Assistant

This part time Accounts Assistant role offers 20 to 25 hours a week, spread across five days, structured around you.

You'll take ownership of the purchase and sales ledger, keeping the numbers accurate and the business running smoothly.

From reconciliations to cash flow forecasting, this is a role where precision is genuinely valued.

As an Accounts Assistant, you will benefit from:

• Flexibility to work part time hours spread across five days


• Genuine autonomy in managing your own ledger and workload


• Exposure to the full finance function, from daily transactions through to cash flow forecasting


• Supportive management within a close-knit finance team

As an Accounts Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

• Enter daily financial transactions, allocating payments and receipts into the accounting system


• Keep the purchase and sales ledger accurate and up to date, processing invoices and resolving discrepancies


• Monitor aged debtors, chase outstanding balances and send customer statements


• Reconcile bank statements, and customer and supplier accounts


• Produce weekly cash flow forecasts and reconcile monthly salary accounts


• Support month end reporting and liaise with internal departments on account queries

As an Accounts Assistant, your experience will include:

• Experience in an accounts or bookkeeping role, confident processing purchase and sales ledger transactions


• Comfortable reconciling bank statements, and customer and supplier accounts


• Experience chasing aged debt and managing credit control processes


• Strong Excel skills with a keen eye for detail and accuracy


• Experience producing cash flow forecasts or supporting month end reporting


• AAT or equivalent accounts qualification desirable but not essential

If you're looking for a part time accounts role where your accuracy and reliability will be relied on daily, this Accounts Assistant position is worth a conversation.