Accounts Assistant

Based: Bolton (BL5)

Salary: circa £32k + benefits including enhanced pension, health shield, 25 days + birthday + bank holidays.

Hours: 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm (30 min lunch). Office based, potentially 1 day WFH after probation

An established and expanding international business is looking to recruit an experienced Accounts Assistant to join its finance team. Having seen consistent organic growth over the last few years, the business is continuing to develop their products & services and offers the opportunity to join a successful, forward-thinking organisation with plenty happening behind the scenes! This is a varied, hands-on accounts position, covering all aspects of the day-to-day finance function. We're looking for someone who enjoys getting stuck into the detail, takes ownership of their workload and has the confidence and experience to work independently.

Role:

Working closely with the Finance Manager and Finance Director, you'll take responsibility for a broad range of accounting duties, including:

• Managing purchase ledger activities, including invoice processing, supplier queries and reconciliations.
• Supporting sales ledger processes, ensuring accurate invoicing and allocation of receipts.
• Taking ownership of credit control, proactively managing outstanding balances and resolving queries.
• Completing bank reconciliations, investigating unidentified transactions and tracing payments through to the correct purchases, invoices and accounts.
• Identifying and resolving discrepancies, using your initiative to investigate issues rather than simply processing transactions.
• Supporting the Finance Manager and Finance Director with additional accounting and finance-related activities as required.
• Playing a part in an upcoming ERP system implementation over the next 12 months, with exposure to new processes and systems

Experience:

• At least 5 years experience in a finance role with well-rounded experience across purchase ledger, sales ledger, credit control and bank reconciliations.
• Excellent attention to detail and a natural ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• The ability to prioritise your own workload, work independently and take ownership of your responsibilities.
• A proactive, practical approach and the confidence to hit the ground running.
• Good Excel skills and experience working with accounting systems.
• Previous exposure to NetSuite would be advantageous, although not essential

Please send your CV for immediate consideration, interviews are happening in the next couple of weeks!