Accounts Assistant

Are you an experienced Accounts Assistant looking to work for a company that really values its employees? If you have fantastic accounting skills, a flexible and adaptable approach and want to work for an award-winning recruitment agency in Bolton town centre, this is the role for you. 

Along with a salary of up to £30,000 per annum, you will receive a fantastic range of benefits including 24 days holiday (increasing with service) plus bank holidays and your birthday off, hybrid working, a healthcare cashback plan, regular social and team building events, a pension scheme, profit share and an early finish on a Friday!

They are the Bolton Business Awards Employee Wellbeing Winners 2024! – Their vision is to create a world where everyone loves their job, and this starts with you! 

What you’ll be doing as Accounts Assistant:
Working in a busy and varied accounts role you will be liaising with clients and colleagues as well as working with the company’s supply chain to ensure great service. Duties will include:

• Chasing outstanding debt, reducing outstanding aged debt to within targets
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients, handling queries and assisting in cash collection
• Issuing invoices on a weekly basis
• Performing credit checks and managing credit limits
• Posting and allocating sales ledger receipts
• Producing monthly aged debtor reports
• Processing supplier invoices and managing the monthly payment run
• Sourcing and setting up new suppliers, negotiating purchasing prices and payment terms
• Reconciling purchase ledger accounts
• Completing all month end accounts procedures
• Producing monthly and year to date P&L reports
• Creating monthly management MI packs for stakeholders
• Creating and maintaining Excel spreadsheets to collate company figures
• Updating weekly cash flow and projecting for future months
• Processing weekly invoices
• Assisting the accountants with year end accounts reporting
• Quarterly VAT returns for the company
• Processing annual corporation tax payment following accountant’s review
• Providing staff payroll amendments in periods of absence

We’re looking for an Accounts Assistant with:

• Previous experience in a similar all round finance role with the ability to carry out purchase ledger, sales ledger, credit control and month end / period end procedures
• Confident creating reports including P&L, MI and other figures-based reports
• Advanced skills in Excel with the ability to create and maintain a varied range of spreadsheets
• Comfortable using Xero
• AAT qualifications would be beneficial

People matter at this business. They are Investors in People accredited to GOLD Standard, something only 7% of companies accredited by IIP in the UK have achieved! They believe in nurturing the talent in the business. The company ethos is based around internal development with the entire management team starting in the business as trainees. If you have the right attitude, passion and ability, they can provide the training to help you develop your career. 

To apply for this role as Accounts Assistant, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV.

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