Part Time Accounts Assistant

Sewell Wallis Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A progressive company in South Yorkshire is seeking an Accounts Assistant on a part-time basis. You will manage payroll, invoicing, and support the finance team. Candidates should be proficient in Sage 50 Payroll and have experience in finance. The role offers a starting salary of £26K with a rise to £27.5K and various benefits including hybrid working and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Flexible working

Company pension scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Proficient in Sage 50 Payroll and Accounts.
• Prior experience in a finance department.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of payroll processes, ensuring accuracy.
• Manage invoicing and maintain accurate records.
• Support finance team with bank transaction processing.

Skills

Sage 50 Payroll

Strong literacy and numeracy skills

Intermediate Excel proficiency

Finance department experience

Education

AAT Level 2 or Sage Payroll accreditation

Tools

Sage 50 Accounts

Job description

Sewell Wallis are delighted to be working with a progressive Barnsley, South Yorkshire based company who are looking for an Accounts Assistant to join their team on a part time permanent basis. The role will be working 30 hours over 5 days (Mon- Fri) with some flexibility in the working hours.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the smooth running of the finance function, being heavily involved in a variety of tasks across purchase ledger, sales ledger and payroll.

What will you be doing?

• Take ownership of payroll processes, ensuring all employee timesheets are validated, processed, and reconciled accurately using Sage 50 Payroll. This includes new starters, leavers, statutory payments, and handling queries.
• Manage invoicing for a wide range of customers, ensuring prompt payment and resolving queries
• Maintain accurate records, process remittances, and generate customer statements and debtor reports.
• Oversee purchase ledger functions, ensuring best value for contract renewals.
• Reconcile expected and received billings.
• Support the finance team with bank transaction processing, petty cash management
• Play a key part in regular system reviews and assist in driving process improvements.

What skills are we looking for?

• Proficient in Sage 50 Payroll and Accounts
• Strong literacy, numeracy, and PC skills (intermediate Excel proficiency).
• Prior experience in a finance department.
• AAT Level 2 or Sage Payroll accreditation is a plus.

What's on offer?

• Hybrid working.
• Flexible working.
• Company pension scheme.
• Starting salary of 26K (FTE) rising to 27.5K (FTE)
• 25 days of annual leave and bank holidays.
• On-site parking

Send us your CV below or contact Lawrie Bacon 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.