Accounts Assistant

Remote Choice; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Remote Choice is recruiting on behalf of a growing UK business to appoint an Accounts Assistant to join its finance team. This hands-on, transactional finance role focuses on reconciliations, AR/AP, payroll support, and month-end processes, with a strong emphasis on accuracy and problem-solving.

The successful candidate will join a dynamic finance function that values precision and proactive issue resolution, while contributing to the ongoing expansion of the business.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as an Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant, Bookkeeper, or in a similar finance role.
• Strong Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable experience.
• Experience completing financial reconciliations.
• Working knowledge of accounting software.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Confidence investigating discrepancies rather than simply processing transactions.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage recurring weekly and monthly processes accurately.
• Part-qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA status – essential.

Responsibilities

• Complete regular Accounts Receivable reconciliations.
• Reconcile customer accounts, invoices, credit notes and payments.
• Investigate unmatched and incorrectly allocated customer payments.
• Maintain the aged receivables ledger and support credit-control activity.
• Reconcile Accounts Payable and supplier statements.
• Process supplier invoices and credit notes.
• Prepare supplier payment runs.
• Complete bank and payment-provider reconciliations.
• Reconcile online payment platforms against the accounting system.
• Assist with payroll processing and payroll reconciliations.
• Process journals and support the wider finance team during month-end.
• Investigate and resolve ledger discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate AR and AP ledgers.
• Assist with general finance administration and reporting.

Skills

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Payable

Reconciliations

Excel

Accounting software

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA (part-qualified)

Job description

Full-time | Permanent, Remote from South Africa

We are currently recruiting on behalf of a growing UK business that is looking to appoint an Accounts Assistant to join its expanding finance team.

This is a hands-on transactional finance position with a strong focus on reconciliations and maintaining accurate customer and supplier ledgers.

It would suit someone who takes pride in getting accounts fully reconciled, enjoys investigating discrepancies, and wants to understand why something doesn't balance rather than simply processing transactions.

The Role

• Completing regular Accounts Receivable reconciliations
• Reconciling customer accounts, invoices, credit notes and payments
• Investigating unmatched and incorrectly allocated customer payments
• Maintaining the aged receivables ledger and supporting credit-control activity
• Reconciling Accounts Payable and supplier statements
• Processing supplier invoices and credit notes
• Preparing supplier payment runs
• Completing bank and payment-provider reconciliations
• Reconciling online payment platforms against the accounting system
• Assisting with payroll processing and payroll reconciliations
• Processing journals and supporting the wider finance team during month-end
• Investigating and resolving ledger discrepancies
• Maintaining accurate and well-controlled AR and AP ledgers
• Assisting with general finance administration and reporting

About You

• Previous experience as an Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant, Bookkeeper, or in a similar finance role
• Strong Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable experience
• Good experience completing financial reconciliations
• Working knowledge of accounting software
• Strong Excel skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confidence investigating discrepancies rather than simply processing transactions
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage recurring weekly and monthly processes accurately
• A proactive approach to problem-solving
• Part-qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA status – essential

The Opportunity

Accuracy and attention to detail are particularly important for this position. The successful candidate will be someone who enjoys maintaining clean financial records and will continue investigating when something doesn't reconcile until they understand the cause.

This is a good opportunity to join a growing finance function where there will be scope to develop your experience and responsibilities as the business continues to expand.

The identity of our client will be disclosed to suitable candidates during the recruitment process.