Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant

Ellesmere Port

£25,500

Working for this well-established, innovative and progressive company, the Accounts Assistant will join a motivated finance team, with a focus on result, quality and achieving key deadlines. Full training is available for the right candidate.

The Accounts Assistant will work Monday to Friday, 9am-530pm. Hybrid working (a minimum of 2 days in the office) is available following the training period.

You will be rewarded with 23 days’ holidays (plus Bank Holidays), rising to 30 days with service; quarterly staff awards; hybrid working; duvet and charity days; enhanced family leave; health and wellbeing support including Medicash, gym discounts, Perkbox.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Requirements

• Knowledge of the fundamental principles of double-entry bookkeeping and standard accounting practices
• Understanding of the processes involved in sales and purchase ledger management, including the purpose of accruals in month-end financial reporting
• Understand how finance supports and interacts with other business functions
• Knowledge of management information reporting and how financial data contributes and the requirements for data accuracy, quality control and audit readiness within financial operations
• Understand the importance of data protection and confidentiality when working with financial records
• Experience of standard accountancy software systems and Microsoft Office applications
• Works with precision and takes pride in producing accurate and high-quality work
• Demonstrates a strong sense of ownership and responsibility over tasks
• Communicates clearly, courteously and confidently with stakeholders at all levels

KEYWORDS: accounts, finance, invoice, report

Unfortunately, due to time restrictions we cannot respond to every applicant, in the event that we haven’t contacted you within 48 hours please take it you have not been successful for this particular role, but your details will be kept on file and considered for all future vacancies.

We are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are acting on behalf of the client as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.