Accounts Payable Assistant

Sewell Wallis Ltd; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for an Accounts Payable Assistant to support finance operations in Sheffield. The role involves data entry, managing the Accounts Payable ledger, and bank reconciliations. Candidates should have relevant experience, ideally with an AAT qualification, and be skilled in Microsoft Excel. This position offers a 35-hour working week and a company bonus scheme.

Benefits

Company bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an Accounts Payable position or within a similar role.
• Confidence using Microsoft Excel.
• Experience using Sage is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Enter and maintain accurate financial data, ensuring records are kept up to date.
• Overseeing the Accounts Payable ledger, including matching coding & processing invoices.
• Carrying out regular bank reconciliations to ensure that all transactions are correctly recorded.

Skills

Accounts Payable experience

Microsoft Excel

Sage experience

Strong communication skills

Education

AAT qualification (or working towards)

Job description

Sewell Wallis are currently working with a market leading manufacturing business, who are recruiting an Accounts Payable Assistant to support their finance function based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. They are looking for someone with transactional finance experience, including Purchase Ledger/Accounts Payable, who can assist with day-to-day finance operations.

This is a great opportunity to join a well-established regional business with a great reputation and take on a variety of duties to play a crucial role within the wider finance team.

What will you be doing?

• Enter and maintain accurate financial data, ensuring records are kept up to date.
• Overseeing the Accounts Payable ledger, including matching coding & processing invoices.
• Carrying out regular bank reconciliations to ensure that all transactions are correctly recorded, and any discrepancies are investigated and resolved.
• Handling staff expenses, including motor vehicle expenses, ensuring that claims comply with company policies.
• Working alongside the HR Manager to support payroll administration by preparing and providing accurate payroll-related data.
• Provide administrative support to the accounts team as and when required.
• Any additional ad-hoc duties.

What skills are we looking for?

• Proven experience in an Accounts Payable position or within a similar role.
• AAT qualification (or working towards) is desirable, though not essential.
• Confidence using Microsoft Excel.
• Experience using Sage is preferred.
• Strong communication skills for cross-departmental collaboration.

What's on offer?

• 35 hour working week
• Company bonus scheme

Apply below or for more information, contact Eleanor.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.