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Accounts Assistant | Cardiff | £30,500 | 12-Month Contract
We are looking for an enthusiastic Accounts Assistant to join a busy finance team in Cardiff.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a recent graduate, AAT student or someone with early accounts experience to gain hands-on exposure across all areas of finance while working closely with experienced finance professionals.
£30,500 salary
Exposure to month-end and audit processes
Work alongside senior finance professionals
Great opportunity to develop your finance career
We are partnering with a well-established, sizeable Cardiff business that is continuing to experience impressive growth.
With a strong reputation for its positive working environment and excellent staff retention, this is a great opportunity for an Accounts Assistant to join a supportive finance team on a temporary basis for 12 months.
This is a varied and hands-on role where you will get involved across transaction processing, reconciliations, customer account support and wider finance administration, while also playing a key part in supporting the team with upcoming audit activity.
Key responsibilities
- Process sales and purchase invoices accurately, ensuring transactions are coded and recorded correctly.
- Allocate customer payments and receipts to the appropriate accounts.
- Carry out regular bank reconciliations and investigate any discrepancies.
- Maintain accurate customer account records and support with account queries.
- Raise credit notes and process credits in line with internal procedures.
- Assist with the administration and reconciliation of rebate information.
- Support the finance team with audit preparation, including gathering records and supporting documentation.
- Assist with month-end processes and general finance administration as required.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the finance team and wider business.
What we are looking for
- AAT qualification or equivalent practical finance experience.
- Previous experience in a finance, accounts or transactional finance role.
- Confident processing financial transactions and maintaining accurate records.
- Experience carrying out reconciliations and resolving discrepancies.
- Good Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
- Strong attention to detail, with a high level of accuracy.
- Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines.
- A proactive, reliable and professional approach.
- Experience using finance or ERP systems would be beneficial, but is not essential.
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If you have a positive, proactive approach and looking to join a supportive finance team in Cardiff, we would be keen to hear from you.