Cost Accountant jobs in United Kingdom
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Senior Accounts Assistant
Job summary
A recruiting agency is seeking a Senior Accounts Assistant for a 12-month FTC in Peterborough. You will join a collaborative finance team and manage high-volume transactional tasks, month-end processes, and data submissions. The role requires strong knowledge of accounts payable operations and experience in preparing financial entries. This position promises a dynamic work environment with significant responsibilities, starting from the 5th of January 2026 and offering a salary based on experience.
Qualifications
- Experience processing supplier invoices and managing accounts payable.
- Strong familiarity with month-end routines and trial balance.
- Proficient in preparing journals and accruals.
Responsibilities
- Process supplier invoices, payments, and manage AP queries.
- Complete bank reconciliations across several accounts.
- Prepare journals, accruals, prepayments, and core month-end entries.
- Support statutory data requirements and provide reliable financial information.
Skills
NXTGEN are supporting a high-performing, global business as they look to bring in a Senior Accounts Assistant for a 12-month FTC. If you enjoy being at the heart of a busy finance function, with a strong mix of transactional ownership and real exposure to month-end, this Senior Accounts Assistant role will give you exactly that. As Senior Accounts Assistant, you'll join a small, collaborative Head Office team where you'll take charge of day-to-day finance activity while also supporting the production of clean, accurate month-end numbers.
- Processing supplier invoices, payments and managing AP queries efficiently
- Accurate supplier setup and maintenance of all records
- Full ownership of employee expenses and reimbursement cycles
- Completing bank reconciliations across several accounts
- Maintaining and updating fixed asset registers
- Preparing journals, accruals, prepayments and other core month-end entries
- Completing balance sheet reconciliations and contributing to a clean trial balance
- Supporting statutory data requirements, including VAT and ONS submissions
- Providing reliable financial information to internal stakeholders
- Identifying improvements in processes and ensuring strong control
If you're comfortable with high-volume transactional workloads and understand month-end routines and the trial balance inside out, this role will suit you perfectly. You'll step into a busy finance team where you're expected to deliver from day one, with the pace, ownership and responsibility that make a 12-month FTC exciting.
Salary offered is dependent on experience and qualifications.
Please note this is a 12 Month FTC so you will need to be able to start from the 5th of Jan 2026
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