Junior Accounts Assistant

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading business in Doncaster is seeking a Finance Assistant to join their expanding team. This role involves preparing sales invoices and processing payments, ideal for candidates with transactional experience. The position offers a competitive salary and great professional development opportunities.

Benefits

20 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Couple of years experience in a transactional role required.
• Accurate and timely data entry skills essential.
• Strong attention to detail and prioritisation skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Preparing sales invoices and checking remittance advices.
• Processing purchase invoices and bank reconciliations.
• Assisting with month-end tasks and implementing new processes.

Skills

Data Entry

Attention to Detail

Prioritisation

Tools

Excel

Sage 50

Xero

Job description

Sewell Wallis is working with a leading business who are based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Due to expansion this client is looking to appoint a Finance Assistant on a permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate as they have huge plans for growth on the horizon.

The right candidate for this Finance Assistant role will ideally have a couple of years experience in accounts and be a keen learner.

What will you be doing?

• Accurately preparing sales invoices
• Checking remittance advices, posting sales receipts and general sales ledger maintenance
• Accurately process purchase invoices, reconcile supplier accounts and implementing weekly BACS payment runs for authorisation
• Bank reconciliations
• Assisting with month end, all tasks to be completed by 5 working days following month end
• Helping to implement new processes and procedures

What skills are we looking for?

• Experience in a transactional role and be able to work to tight deadlines in a fast paced environment.
• Accurate and timely data entry skills
• Strong attention to detail, and the ability to prioritise own workload effectively
• Knowledge of Sage 50 and Xero is highly desirable but not essential
• Knowledge of Excel is essential

What's on offer?

• Salary range £28,000 to £30,000 FTE
• 20 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Free on site parking

Apply below or contact Lewis for more information.

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.