Accounts Assistant: Varied Ledger & Sage 50

Connections The Recruitment Specialists; Ashley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Connections The Recruitment Specialists is seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant for a busy SME in the UK. The role covers Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, AP, AR, and Credit Control, with multi-currency transactions and Excel-based analysis.

You will support reconciliations, reporting and ad-hoc finance duties, using Sage 50 daily. The position offers variety in a fast-paced SME finance function and opportunities to grow within the team.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in a transactional Accounts Assistant/Finance Assistant role.

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 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

Multi-currency

Invoice factoring

AP

AR

Detail-oriented

Tools

Sage 50

Excel

Job description

Connections The Recruitment Specialists is seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant for a busy SME in the UK. The role covers Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, AP, AR, and Credit Control, with multi-currency transactions and Excel-based analysis.

You will support reconciliations, reporting and ad-hoc finance duties, using Sage 50 daily. The position offers variety in a fast-paced SME finance function and opportunities to grow within the team.