Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant

Posted Today by 1774281055

Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire

Summary: WSR is seeking an Accounts Assistant for a client in Milton Keynes, offering a role that involves a variety of accounting tasks within a busy finance team. The position is fully office-based and provides an opportunity to support both sales and purchase ledger operations. Ideal candidates will be organized and detail-oriented, with a strong focus on transactional accounting and month-end responsibilities. This role is temp to perm, allowing for growth and development in accounting skills.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Raising customer invoices on a daily basis
  • Sending out monthly customer statements
  • Posting customer receipts and reconciling accounts
  • Carrying out weekly credit control and resolving customer queries
  • Checking daily bank balances across GBP, Euro and USD accounts
  • Reconciling daily bank statements
  • Posting supplier invoices and reconciling supplier statements
  • Handling supplier payments and resolving supplier queries
  • Assisting with journal entries and management accounting tasks
  • Supporting month-end processes and preparation of the trial balance
  • Stepping in for the Financial Controller when required and assisting with other finance duties as needed

Key Skills:

  • Strong working knowledge of SAP and Excel is essential
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • The ability to manage your time effectively and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Salary (Rate): £16.40 Hourly

City: Milton Keynes

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Finance

Detailed Description From Employer:

WSR is recruiting for an Accounts Assistant for our esteemed client in Milton Keynes.

Salary: £15.50 - £16.40 p/h

Location: Milton Keynes Fully Office Based

Working Hours: 8:30 5pm Monday to Friday

Role Type: Temp to Perm

Accounts Assistant Role Overview

Are you an organised and detail-focused Accounts Assistant looking for your next opportunity? This is a fantastic chance to join a busy finance team where you ll play an important role in keeping day-to-day financial operations running smoothly.

Working closely with the Head of Finance & Administration, you ll be involved in a broad range of accounting tasks across both sales and purchase ledger, giving you great exposure to the full finance function. If you enjoy variety, problem solving and working with numbers, this role offers a great opportunity to build on your accounting experience.

Accounts Assistant Role Responsibilities:

You ll support the finance team with a mix of transactional accounting and month-end responsibilities, including:

  • Raising customer invoices on a daily basis
  • Sending out monthly customer statements
  • Posting customer receipts and reconciling accounts
  • Carrying out weekly credit control and resolving customer queries
  • Checking daily bank balances across GBP, Euro and USD accounts
  • Reconciling daily bank statements
  • Posting supplier invoices and reconciling supplier statements
  • Handling supplier payments and resolving supplier queries
  • Assisting with journal entries and management accounting tasks
  • Supporting month-end processes and preparation of the trial balance
  • Stepping in for the Financial Controller when required and assisting with other finance duties as needed

Accounts Assistant Experience, Skills & Attributes:

This role would suit someone who is methodical, proactive and confident managing multiple financial tasks at once. You ll also bring:

  • Strong working knowledge of SAP and Excel is essential
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • The ability to manage your time effectively and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

If you re looking for a role where you can make a real contribution within a finance team and continue developing your accounting skills, this could be the perfect next step.

Please click APPLY NOW, or call the WSR Team at (phone number removed) for more info.

We appreciate the time and effort invested in your application. While we strive to respond to all applicants promptly, we kindly ask for your understanding in case of delays. If you do not hear from us within 10 days of submitting your application, please assume that, unfortunately, you have not been successful this time.

We will however keep your CV on file and review your suitability against any other vacancies we may have available.