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Accounts Assistant

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 24 days
Location

Colne, Lancashire BB8 7AD

Salary

£28,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A thriving business in Colne is seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant for a permanent, full-time position.
  • The company has seen substantial growth, doubling its financial turnover to £20 million in the last five years.
  • The role involves managing the cashbook, reconciling bank accounts, and processing debtors and creditors.
  • Candidates should have relevant experience, strong organizational skills, and proficiency in Excel, with a salary of £28,000 per annum offered.
  • Additional benefits include 25 days of holiday, healthcare cash plan, hybrid working, and support for CIMA/ACCA qualification.

Your new companyI am working with a thriving business, based in Colne who are now looking to appoint an experienced Accounts Assistant to join their team on a permanent and full-time basis. This business is benefitting from a surge of organic growth, where they have successfully doubled their financial turnover to £20million in the last 5 years.

Your new roleAs Accounts Assistant, you will manage the company cashbook and petty cash & reconcile company bank accounts. You will process and deal with all debtors and creditors, ensuring transactions are valid and reconciled. You will support the FD with the management accounts, including maintaining the company fixed asset register processing prepayments, accruals, VAT, supplier reconciliation and bank reconciliation. Alongside this, you will be involved in some transactional duties such as purchase ledger processing, sales ledger and payroll administration. This is a full-time role working Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week, with flexibility to finish early on Fridays.

What you'll need to succeedTo be successful for this position, you will have worked in a similar position recently and be able to hit the ground running. You must be incredibly organised, be able to manage your own workload with a self-starter attitude and be confident picking up new systems. Excel skills including VLOOKUP's and pivot tables are essential for this role, and ideally have worked on SAP or another ERP system.

What you'll get in returnIn return for this, you will be offered a full-time salary of £28,000 per annum. Alongside this, you are offered a range of benefits including 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, healthcare cash plan, hybrid working and parking onsite. As they are looking for a progressive individual, you will be offered full study support towards your CIMA / ACCA qualification.

What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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