Finance Assistant

Sharp Consultancy; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A finance and accountancy specialist in Leeds is seeking an Assistant Accountant for a fixed-term contract. This role involves diverse accounting tasks, from processing transactions to supporting month-end reporting. The ideal candidate has experience in both transactional and month-end accounting, strong IT skills including Excel, and a proactive approach to their work. A salary around £28,000 per year is offered.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Opportunities to develop skills

Qualifications

• Experience in a broad accounting role covering both transactional and month-end work.
• Confident with reconciliations, ledgers, and basic reporting.
• Good IT skills, including Excel and accounting software experience.

Responsibilities

• Processing invoices, payments, and expenses accurately and on time.
• Reconciling bank accounts and balance sheet items.
• Supporting with month-end journals and reporting.

Skills

Reconciliations and ledgers

Attention to detail

Basic reporting

IT skills including Excel

Proactive approach

Job description

Assistant Accountant – All-round role in a busy finance team

Join a growing organisation on a fixed term basis, where your accounting skills will be put to good use. This role covers everything from day-to-day transactional work to month-end tasks, offering plenty of variety and responsibility. Does this sound like something that could be for you? Then read on!

What you’ll be doing

• Processing invoices, payments and expenses accurately and on time

• Reconciling bank accounts and balance sheet items

• Supporting with month-end journals and reporting

• Managing debtor and creditor ledgers

• Assisting with VAT returns and compliance tasks

• Providing ad-hoc support to the wider finance team

What we’re looking for

• Experience in a broad accounting role covering both transactional and month-end work

• Confident with reconciliations, ledgers and basic reporting

• Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach

• Good IT skills, including Excel and accounting software experience

• A team player who can also work independently

What’s on offer

• Salary around £28,000 per year

• Full-time, 9 month FTC.

• Supportive team environment with opportunities to develop skills further

• Office-based with some flexibility for remote work

Apply now to take the next step in your accounting career and join a team that values your skills and contributions.

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.