Sewell Wallis are working with a successful business operating within the engineering sector who are recruiting an Assistant Accountant on a full-time permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity which would enable someone to take the next steps in their career within a thriving nationally operating business and a well-established team.

This role would be a good fit for someone with experience within transactional finance who is wanting to progress in their career and learn new skills.

What will you be doing?

Purchase Ledger processing and Credit Control
Aged debtor's and creditor's ledger maintenance
Processing all bank transactions daily
Daily Bank reconciliations across multiple currencies
Covering for weekly payroll processing when required
Calculating Accruals & Prepayments
Processing journals for Payroll and monthly stock value
Maintaining of the Company Fixed Assets Register
Preparing Finance Audit File for external accountants
Assisting the company Management Accountant with monthly management accounts when required

What skills are we looking for?

Strong communication skills
Attention to detail
Strong Excel skills
Experience with Accounting Software (ideally QuickBooks and Sage)
AAT Level 3 or 4 qualification (or working towards) is desirable

What's on offer?

25 days holiday (+stat)
Flexible start/finish times
Free parking

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To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.