Details:
- Salary: £28,000 - 35,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Redditch Worcestershire
- Date: 3 days ago
Description:
About the Business
An exciting opportunity to join an established services business in Redditch as an Accounts Assistant, paying £28,000 – £35,000 depending on experience. This is a brilliant role, with hybrid working and study support, for someone at the start of their finance career who wants broad, hands-on experience across the accounts function, with a supportive team behind you and backing to work towards a finance qualification.
Main Duties:
As an Accounts Assistant, your main duties include:
* Reconciling the company’s bank accounts, including foreign currency accounts, keeping them accurate and up to date
* Helping with the month-end close, including accruals, prepayments, expense and fixed asset reconciliations
* Allocating incoming customer receipts and raising sales invoices as needed
* Handling supplier invoices, staff expenses and payment runs across the group
* Keeping the purchase, sales and nominal ledgers accurate and well maintained
* Assisting with chasing outstanding customer balances and resolving supplier queries
* Getting involved in reporting, finance administration and one-off projects across the department
Location / Office / Culture
The company operate with hybrid working from offices in Redditch, where you’ll join a friendly and supportive finance team who are keen to help you learn. It’s a collaborative environment where questions are welcomed and new ideas for doing things better are genuinely listened to.
What We Are Looking For
The ideal candidate will have:
* Good Excel skills, including formulas and working with data
* Strong numeracy and confidence handling financial information
* Excellent organisation and accuracy, with the ability to manage a busy workload
* Clear communication skills and comfort following up on queries
* A team-first attitude and flexibility around month-end deadlines
* Previous accounts experience, a finance-related degree or studying towards AAT/ACCA/CIMA is a bonus – but not essential
Why Join the business
* Generous holiday allowance that increases with length of service
* Hybrid working
* Annual discretionary bonus
* Company pension and life assurance
* Study support
* Healthcare plan plus wellbeing and employee assistance support
* Salary sacrifice schemes and employee discounts
* Supportive environment to develop your finance skills and qualifications
About Us
We are a local accountancy recruitment specialist. We appreciate that roles are often online for a long period of time. If you want to check if this role is still live or just want more details before applying, call us directly.
Ref: BR78168