Part-time Accounts Assistant

Brampton Recruitment; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 20,058,000 - 21,491,000; Part time

Job summary

Brampton Recruitment is seeking a part-time Accounts Assistant to support purchase and sales ledgers within a small, expanding group. You’ll report to the Financial Controller and gain exposure to all parts of the business.

Key duties include logging invoices, raising invoices, processing payments, reconciling cash and bank statements, and assisting with ad hoc queries. The role is based in the Stoke-on-Trent area, offering 20 hours per week at £14–£15 per hour.

Qualifications

• Proven purchase/sales ledger experience or previous accounts assistant experience.
• Sage 50 experience is essential.
• Flexible and self-motivated individual who works well in a team and has good IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Log, maintain and file purchase invoices.
• Raise sales invoices.
• Process payments and authorisation.
• Support operational teams with finance administration.
• Post and monitor petty cash.
• Investigate purchase ledger queries.
• Create company reports.
• Liaise with suppliers.
• Manage cashflow and bank reconciliations.
• Deal with expenses.
• Reconcile credit control and chase outstanding debt.
• Assist the Financial Controller with ad hoc queries.

Skills

Purchase ledger

Sales ledger

Teamwork

IT skills

Tools

Sage 50

Job description

This opportunity will be supporting all the purchase and sales ledger functions within the busy but friendly accounts team

Our client is seeking a part-time Accounts Assistant to join their small but rapidly expanding group of companies. This opportunity will be supporting all the purchase and sales ledger functions within the busy but friendly accounts team and will be reporting to the Financial Controller and offer exposure to all parts of the business.

Job Description for the Part-time Accounts Assistant role:

• Ads the Part-time Accounts Assistant you will be logging, maintaining, and filing purchase invoices
• Raising Sales invoices
• As the Part-time Accounts Assistant you will be responsible for payment authorisation and processing
• Supporting the operational teams with finance administration.
• As the Part-time Accounts Assistant you will be posting and monitoring petty cash
• Investigating purchase ledger queries
• As the Part-time Accounts Assistant you will be creating company reports
• Liaising with suppliers
• Managing Cashflow and bank reconciliations
• As the Part-time Accounts Assistant you will be dealing with Expenses
• Reconciling Credit Control and chasing outstanding debt.
• Assisting the Financial Controller with ad hoc queries

Candidate Requirements for the Part-time Accounts Assistant role:

• Proven purchase/sales ledger experience or previous accounts assistant experience
• Sage 50 experience is essential
• A flexible and self-motivated individual
• Someone who works well in a team and has good IT skills

This role would suit candidates with the following experience: Purchase Ledger/Sales Ledger, Accounts Assistant, Accounts Administrator, Finance Assistant

This role is commutable from: Stoke on Trent, Trentham, Stone, Newcastle under Lyme, Stone, Hanley, Fenton, Longton and surrounding areas

Hours: Monday - Friday between 8:30 am - 5:00 pm working 20 hours per week, ideally 4 hours over five days. Will consider 3 full days

Salary: £14.00 - £15.00 per hour