Finance & Accounts Assistant

Impression Recruitment; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Impression Recruitment is seeking a Finance & Accounts Assistant for a Harrogate-based role offering real variety beyond invoicing. You will manage purchase and sales invoices, expenses, reconciliations, and financial reporting while engaging with colleagues across the business to improve processes.

The successful candidate will have a grounding in finance, confidence with numbers, and strong Excel skills. This hybrid, full-time position provides exposure to diverse finance activities and a

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a finance/accounts environment.
• Good understanding of basic accounting.
• Strong numerical ability and attention to detail.
• Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities with a professional approach.

Responsibilities

• Process purchase orders and supplier invoices.
• Raise and process sales invoices.
• Support regular payment runs and reconcile cash books.
• Assist with internal and external audit activity.
• Contribute to improving finance processes and procedures.

Skills

Strong numerical ability

Good Excel skills

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Location: Harrogate
Salary: £27,000 – £35,000 per annum
Hours: Monday – Friday, Full-time
Working Pattern: Hybrid working on offer, up to 3-4 days per week from home

Finance experience? Looking for something with a bit more to it?

We’re working with an established organisation that is looking for a Finance & Accounts Assistant to join their already established team.

This isn’t simply a role where you’ll sit processing invoices all day.

You’ll have your hands in purchase and sales invoicing, reconciliations, expenses, payment processing, financial reporting and general finance administration, while also working with people across the wider business and getting involved in improving the way things are done.

In other words, real finance experience, plenty of variety and the opportunity to become an important part of the wider operation.

Duties As Accounts & Finance Assistant Will Include

• Processing purchase orders and supplier invoices
• Raising and processing sales invoices
• Supporting regular payment runs
• Processing employee expenses
• Reconciling company credit card transactions
• Completing cash book and creditor reconciliations
• Keeping financial records, spreadsheets and information accurate and up to date
• Supporting financial reporting and regular reconciliation exercises
• Maintaining supplier and third party information
• Assisting with internal and external audit activity
• Investigating and resolving finance queries
• Working with colleagues and external contacts across the organisation
• Helping improve finance processes and procedures
• Supporting wider business projects and administrative activity when required

What are we looking for?

We’re not looking for someone who knows every accounting principle under the sun. We’re looking for someone who has a good grounding in finance, is confident working with numbers and wants to keep developing.

You Could Currently Be Working As a

Finance Assistant | Accounts Assistant | Finance Administrator | Finance Officer | Accounts Administrator | Purchase Ledger Assistant | Sales Ledger Assistant

What Matters Most Is That You Have

• Previous experience working within a finance/accounts environment
• A good understanding of basic accounting
• Strong numerical ability and an eye for spotting errors
• Good Excel skills and confidence using Microsoft Office
• Confidence dealing with competing priorities
• Strong communication skills and a professional approach
• The initiative to spot something that could be done better and say something about it

What’s On Offer

• £27,000 – £35,000 per annum
• Hybrid working of up to 3-4 days per week from home if desired
• A varied position
• Exposure across a broad range of finance activities
• The opportunity to develop your accounting and finance knowledge
• Responsibility for your own workload
• The opportunity to contribute to process improvements
• A professional and supportive working environment

Ready for your next move?

If you’re looking for a finance role where you can use what you already know, learn more, take ownership and become a valued part of the wider business, this could be the opportunity for you.

Here at Impression we are committed to supporting the principles of equal opportunities and prohibit discrimination/ harassment of any kind based on race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic