Trainee Accountant

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable recruitment agency in Barnsley is seeking a Trainee Accountant for a role that enables personal and professional growth. The position involves managing Purchase and Sales Ledgers, assisting with payroll, and supporting month-end processes. Ideal candidates will possess ambition, prior experience with ledgers, strong communication skills, and an understanding of Excel, while studying for AAT qualifications. The offer includes study support, continuous training, and flexible working hours.

Benefits

Study support

Continuous training and development

Flexible start/finish times

Free parking

Qualifications

• Eager to learn, develop, and grow in a finance role.
• Background in Purchase Ledger and/or Sales Ledger.
• Keen to study or studying AAT qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Manage Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger invoicing processes.
• Handle payments and cash allocation.
• Maintain accurate ledger records.
• Assist with bank reconciliations.
• Support payroll processing.
• Perform supplier statement reconciliations.
• Assist with month-end processes.

Skills

Ambition and drive

Experience in Purchase Ledger

Experience in Sales Ledger

Communication skills

Solid understanding of Excel

Education

AAT level 2, 3 or 4

Job description

Sewell Wallis is currently working with a South Yorkshire manufacturing business with 100 years of success behind it, based in Barnsley.

This Trainee Accountant opportunity has arisen due to retirement after 40 years of service from a long-standing team member, which is a testament to the type of business they are!

They now have the opportunity to provide someone with the chance to learn, develop and grow their skillset in a Trainee Accountant role, starting off at a transactional level and moving into month-end involvement and more!

If you have experience across Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger but have found yourself in a position where you have hit a ceiling, this could be a brilliant role to take the next step and further your career, as well as studying further!

What will you be doing?

• Taking responsibility for Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger invoicing processes.
• Dealing with payments and cash allocation.
• Keeping both ledgers up to date and accurate.
• Dealing with bank reconciliations.
• Assisting with payroll processing.
• Carrying out supplier statement reconciliations and resolving queries.
• Supporting month-end processes as your skills increase.
• Assisting the Finance Director with any additional duties as required.
• Building your knowledge through continuous training and exposure to the full finance function as a Trainee Accountant.

What skills are we looking for?

• The Trainee Accountant will be someone with ambition and drive who is eager to learn, develop and grow.
• Someone with a background in Purchase Ledger and/or Sales ledger, with an understanding of transactional processing.
• Someone keen to study/is studying AAT level 2, 3 or 4.
• Great communication skills as the Trainee Accountant will communicate across all levels of the business.
• Solid understanding of Excel.

What's on offer?

• Study support
• Continuous training and development
• 35-hour working week.
• Flexible start/finish times.
• Free parking

Apply below, or for more information, contact Hannah Sharp.

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.