Part-time Accounts Assistant

Allen Associates; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

An innovative and supportive company is seeking a part-time Accounts Assistant to join their finance team. This role is crucial for ensuring the accuracy of financial transactions and maintaining data integrity. You will be responsible for month-end processes, reconciliations, and providing financial data for decision-making. The company offers a hybrid working model, allowing flexibility in your schedule. If you are a proactive self-starter with a keen eye for detail, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a rapidly growing organization while enjoying a supportive work culture.

Benefits

25 days holiday rising to 28

Company retreats and socials

Life assurance

Wellbeing support

Referral programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance or accounts team, ideally in a junior role.
• Strong Excel skills and practical knowledge of month-end processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end close activities and prepare balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage purchase order approval and support sales ledger accuracy.

Skills

Finance experience

Month-end processes

Excel skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Education

AAT qualified or working towards

Job description

Our client is seeking a part-time Accounts Assistant to support the finance team by ensuring accurate and timely processing of financial transactions. You will play a vital role in maintaining the integrity of financial data and contributing to the smooth operation of the organisation's financial processes.

Division: Finance Salary: £25k - 30k per year Location: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England Work Type: Permanent Job: 23571

Description

Part-time Accounts Assistant

Our client is seeking a part-time Accounts Assistant to support the finance team by ensuring accurate and timely processing of financial transactions. You will play a vital role in maintaining the integrity of financial data and contributing to the smooth operation of the organisation's financial processes.

Part-time Accounts Assistant Responsibilities

This position will involve, but will not be limited to:

• Lead month-end close activities, ensuring timely posting of accruals and prepayments and producing accurate financial results.
• Prepare and review monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accounts are fully supported and audit-ready.
• Manage the purchase order approval process, working with budget holders to ensure accurate coding and financial control.
• Support sales ledger accuracy and credit control, assisting in debt collection, aged debt reporting, and account follow-ups.
• Provide accurate financial data for board reporting, including variance analysis and key metrics to support decision-making.
• Collaborate with the finance team and wider business, actively contributing to team outcomes and promoting company values.

Part-time Accounts Assistant Benefits

An innovative and supportive culture, other benefits include;

• 25 days holiday rising to 28 (pro rata)
• Company retreats, socials, and events
• Life assurance
• Emotion, physical, financial and wellbeing support
• Referral programme

The Company

A rapidly growing international company, driven by purpose. This is a part-time role working 25 hours per week, ideally split over 5 days working 9:30 - 14:30, however, other options will be considered (minimum 4 days).

Part-time Accounts Assistant Essentials

• Experience working in a finance or accounts team, ideally in a similar assistant or junior accounting role
• Practical knowledge of month-end processes including accruals, prepayments, and reconciliations.
• Ideally AAT qualified or working towards, with strong Excel skills
• A professional and proactive self-starter, who takes initiative
• Excellent attention to detail and high level of numerical accuracy
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage time effectively across multiple tasks.
• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of assigned responsibilities
• Able to demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines and complete tasks effectively, within a fast-pace and changing environment

Location

Based in South Oxfordshire, the company operates on a hybrid working basis, with office days being Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. There is ample free parking available onsite.

Action

If you would like to find out more about this excellent opportunity, then please apply online today! We aim to respond to all applications within 48 hours.

Allen Associates is a leading recruitment company in Oxfordshire recruiting for Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and PA/Administrative roles. Allen Associates operates as an Employment Agency for permanent recruitment and an Employment Business for temporary recruitment. For more information on current vacancies please visit www.allen-associates.co.uk and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. For our latest vacancies follow our Jobs on Twitter

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