Junior Accounts Assistant

Trial Balance; Wincanton; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company seeks a Junior Accounts Assistant in Wincanton. This entry-level role offers hands-on experience in a finance team, focusing on transactional duties while providing a pathway for career advancement. Ideal for recent graduates or candidates with some accounting experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months recent experience in accounting or finance.
• High numeracy skills and attention to detail.
• Confident with IT and good working knowledge of MS Excel.

Responsibilities

• Maintain finance technology systems.
• Allocate accounts payable transactions and invoices.
• Monitor aged debtor and open client accounts.

Skills

Numeracy

Attention to Detail

IT Skills

Excel

Education

AAT (part-way through considered)

Job description

Junior Accounts Assistant - Wincanton - Up to: £24,0000

If you’re at the beginning of your accounting career journey and aspire to develop your skills with a modern and supportive employer, this could be a great long-term opportunity.

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been exclusively re-engaged by a past client; a long established and highly successful specialist logistics business. The company now seeks to recruit a junior Accounts Assistant, an entry-level role that could develop quickly within the finance function. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity to be based at the company’s offices in Wincanton (with on-site parking).

Working as part of a friendly and experienced finance team, the successful candidate will hone their skills by focussing on transactional responsibilities to include:

- Maintain company finance technology systems

- Allocation of accounts payable transactions and invoices

- Monitor the aged debtor

- Opening client accounts and setting up direct debit facilities

- Assist the wider finance function as required.

For this role, we ideallyseek a candidate with a minimum of 6 months of recently gained experience. Although someone who is part-way through AATand looking for their first opportunity in finance, will also be considered. Applicants should be highly numerate with great attention to detail, and be quick to learn and develop new skills. The successful candidate will be someone who is confident in their IT abilities and has good working knowledge of MS Excel.

The company hopes that the successful candidate will enjoy good career development in this position, so the role would be well suited to an ambitious and driven individual looking to advance their career in finance.

For further details of this rare and unique opportunity, please contact Jay Vilarrubi-Smith without delay quoting reference JVS9487.