Accounts Assistant/Purchase Ledger Clerk

Trial Balance; Falmouth (KY); On-site; USD 36,378 - 44,462; Full time

Job summary

An innovative engineering business in Falmouth is seeking an Accounts Assistant/Purchase Ledger Clerk to support financial operations. This full-time role emphasizes employee development and offers potential career advancement. Ideal candidates will have 12 months of relevant experience and be AAT level 2 qualified, with strong skills in Sage 50 and Excel. Join a friendly finance team in a fast-growing company.

Qualifications

• 12 months of recent experience as an Accounts Assistant or Purchase Ledger Clerk.
• Experience with accounts payable and receivable processes.
• Strong communication skills for interacting with colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Finance Manager.
• Maintain the accounts payable function.
• Assist in month-end processes.

Skills

Sage 50 experience

Excel skills

Good communication skills

Education

AAT level 2 qualified

Job description

Accounts Assistant/Purchase Ledger Clerk- Falmouth - up to £30,000

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been exclusively engaged by an innovative and fast growing engineering business, who urgently seek to recruit an Accounts Assistant to join their friendly finance team. This is a full time, permanent opportunity to be based at the company’s headquarters in Falmouth.

Role Overview

The role represents a great opportunity for an ambitious Accounts Assistant/Purchase Ledger Clerk seeking to advance their career, with an interesting and expanding business that places great emphasis on employee development.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide full support to the company’s Finance Manager in many aspects of the day-to-day financial operations of the business
• Play a key role in the maintenance of the accounts payable function: posting and processing supplier invoices, raising POs and preparing supplier payment runs
• General account reconciliations
• Work closely with the company Management Accountant in the production of reporting packs
• Assist in the smooth operations of the accounts receivable function, monitoring aged debtor status, raising and sending customer invoices
• Act as an initial point of contact for resolving supplier and customer billing queries
• Assist the senior finance team with a number of month-end processes
• Collate credit card receipts and transactions
• Assist the senior finance team with a variety of ongoing accounting projects

Requirements

For this role we seek an Accounts Assistant or Purchase Ledger Clerk with at least 12 months of recently gained experience and who is minimum AAT level 2 qualified. Sage 50 experience and excellent excel skills are important and further study support can be provided for the successful candidate. This is a highly visible role that regularly interacts with colleagues throughout the business, so great communications skills are a must!

For further details, please contact Elle Benjamin quoting reference EB10396 ASAP.