Finance and Accounts Assistant

Charterhouse Recruitment; York; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned agricultural business in York is seeking a Finance Assistant to handle sales and purchase invoices, prepare payment runs, and support the finance team. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with accounting software. This role offers a 40-hour workweek with flexibility and various benefits, including free on-site parking.

Benefits

Online benefits hub provided by Bravo Smart Hive

Free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in a similar accounts role.
• Good standard of education, including GCSEs.
• Self-motivated and excellent attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Processing sales and purchase invoices across the group.
• Preparing weekly payment runs and reconciling ledgers.
• Generating monthly and weekly financial reports.

Skills

Relevant experience in a similar accounts role

Microsoft Excel skills, including use of data filters, pivot tables

Experience of accounting software packages (preferably Sage 50 Accounts)

Self-motivated

Excellent attention to detail and an orderly approach

Strong reconciliation and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication skills

Excellent organisational skills

Education

GCSE's, including Maths and English grade C or above

Completed or following a recognised accounting qualification

Tools

Sage 50 Accounts

Job description

Ian Mosey Group

Job Description

Job Title: Finance Assistant

Reporting to: Finance Director

About the Group:

The Ian Mosey Group are a family owned and operated business consisting of three companies, the parent company Ian Mosey Ltd, and two subsidiary companies Ian Mosey (Livestock) Ltd and Ian Mosey (Feed) Ltd. Ian Mosey (Livestock) Ltd principal activity is breeding and finishing pigs for the UK pork industry. Ian Mosey (Feed) Ltd manufacture and supply pig, poultry, cattle, sheep and game compound feed to both external customers and to our internal B&B farm base.

Overall Job Purpose:

To ensure an accurate, transparent and systemised approach in processing sales and purchase invoices across the Ian Mosey Group. Preparation of weekly payment runs and responsibility for reconciling supplier and customer ledgers. Supporting the existing Finance team in transactional processing to meet weekly and month end accounts deadlines. Producing monthly and weekly reports for internal circulation.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting all aspects of purchase ledger, including nominal ledger coding, verifying purchase prices against contracts, uploading into Sage 50 Accounts via Excel and producing weekly payment runs
• Reviewing aged creditor and debtor reports to ensure ledgers are well maintained
• Matching of delivery notes and purchase orders to invoices
• Sales ledger processing, including importing customer produced pig sales invoices into an in-house system and uploading into Sage 50 Accounts, verifying pricing against sales contracts
• Setting up new supplier and customer accounts
• Reconciling supplier and customer accounts to third party statements and resolving queries
• Maintaining monthly costing reports and circulating internally for review
• Creating online bank payments and processing in Sage
• Daily bank reconciliations
• Processing of routine month end accounts preparation journals
• Supporting the Finance Team in generating pig management invoices using a custom-built software and data transfer to Sage
• Working on your own initiative to prioritise workload to meet deadlines
• Ad-hoc tasks to assist with accounts preparation and day to day running of the finance function across the Group

Key Skills and Abilities

• Relevant experience in a similar accounts role
• A good standard of education (GCSE's, including Maths and English grade C or above or

equivalent)

• Microsoft Excel skills, including use of data filters, pivot tables
• Experience of accounting software packages (preferably Sage 50 Accounts)
• Self-motivated
• Excellent attention to detail and an orderly approach to processing
• Time management skills
• Strong reconciliation and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with

internal and external customers/suppliers

• Excellent organisational skills
• Completed or following a recognised accounting qualification or qualified by experience

Hours of Work

A 40-hour week, Monday to Friday - normal office hours with degree of flexibility

Online benefits hub provided by Bravo Smart Hive

Free on-site parking

Ian Mosey is an Equal Opportunities employer