Part Time Accounts Assistant

Red Rock Forestry Ltd; Chester; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A growing SME in Chester seeks an Accounts Assistant to manage finance functions, including ledgers, reconciliations, and month-end activities. The role offers hybrid working and requires a proactive individual with strong organizational skills and AAT qualification.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in an Accounts Assistant role.
• Fully IT literate with good Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Management of purchase and sales ledger.
• Preparation of payment runs and bank reconciliations.
• Month-end activities including cash flow management.

Skills

Interpersonal Communication

Problem Solving

Organizational Skills

Education

AAT Qualified

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Overview

Reporting directly to the CIMA-qualified Managing Director, this varied role offers an exciting opportunity within a growing SME located in purpose-converted office space in the village of Huxley, near Chester. With the opportunity to take ownership of the day to day finance functions, alongside supporting the management accounting process, the company is seeking a bright and friendly self-starter who is happy to get stuck in with ad-hoc tasks where required.

This is a varied position, and the successful candidate will be expected to take on a wide range of tasks and be able to work unsupervised on home working days, whilst demonstrating the ability to use their own initiative to develop and grow the role.

Responsibilities

· Management of purchase ledger, sales ledger and occasional credit control

· Raising sales invoices, checking the integrity of sales data prior to invoicing

· Raising inter-company sales invoices

· Managing and owning customer and supplier accounts

· Bank reconciliations

· Preparation of payment runs

· Matching costs of sale against revenues

· Accurate record keeping and inter-company reconciliations across multiple partnership interests

· Month-end activities such as journal posting, cash flow management, cash flow forecasting and VAT returns

· Supporting with business analysis

· Processing employee expenses and company credit cards

Experience and skills

· Minimum 3 years’ experience in an Accounts Assistant/similar role, preferably in a small business

· AAT Qualified, part-qualified, QBE or equivalent

· Fully IT literate and good Excel skills (understanding of VLOOKUP's essential)

· Good standard of written and spoken English, and great interpersonal communication skills

· Strong understanding of double entry book-keeping

· Demonstrable experience of transactional management and some month-end routines

· Reliable, hands-on and confident to ask questions when needed

· Able to problem solve and use initiative

· Willingness to get involved in projects

· Good organisation skills and ability to manage own workload

· Positive outlook, approachable and a team player

Please ensure you include a covering letter with your CV - telling us a bit about yourself and what you can bring to the role.

Hours: 22.5 hours per week – Monday to Wednesday 9:00am to 5:00pm - hybrid working between home and office -currentlyMonday and Tuesday office based, Wednesday home working. Other hours of work may be considered, but Monday and Tuesday will need to be core office days.