Accounts Assistant

Sheridan Maine is excited to partner exclusively with a leading business to recruit for an Accounts Assistant with a strong commercial awareness to assist with the smooth day to day running of the finance department. 
 
About the Role:
We are seeking an individual who is currently studying or interested in pursuing an AAT qualification. You will work closely with the Finance Manager in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment. This role will involve taking ownership of both the purchase and sales ledger functions, alongside monthly transactional processing and reconciliation tasks.
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain the company’s purchase and sales ledgers
• Ensure timely resolution of invoices, statements, and queries
• Perform bank reconciliations
• Conduct supplier statement reconciliations
• Maintain daily cashflow records
• Oversee credit control processes
• Process expense requests and invoices
• Raise sales ledger invoices
• Assist with VAT returns

 
Skills and experience you’ll need to apply:

• Enthusiastic and keen to learn with some experience gained in a similar role
• Great communication skills and a "can do" attitude
• Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)

 
This is a great opportunity to develop your finance career within a supportive team. If you’re ready for the next step, we’d love to hear from you!
 
You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.