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Accounts Assistant

KennedyPearce Consulting
Posted 5 days ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Sheffield, South Yorkshire S5 8DP

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Part Time

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  • An advertising agency in Sheffield is seeking a full-time temporary Accounts Assistant.
  • The role requires 1-2 years of experience in accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit control, and bank reconciliations.
  • Key responsibilities include managing the sales and purchase ledger, preparing payment schedules, and reconciling bank accounts.
  • Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with Xero is preferred, along with experience in an SME media, tech, or entertainment business.
  • The salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience.

We are partnered with an advertising agency based in the heart of Sheffield who are searching for an Accounts Assistant on a full time temporary basis.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the sales ledger function, raising invoices, updating the invoice schedule with new contracts and completing all Credit Control tasks - efficiently chasing payments, and escalating invoice disputes where appropriate.
  • Report on cash collection target, submitting an Aged Debtor report to management for review weekly
  • Oversee the purchase ledger function, recording of supplier invoices accurately and in a timely manner ahead of month end close.
  • Preparing weekly payment run schedules and setting up BACS payments for approval
  • Reconciliation of all main bank accounts on a weekly basis, ensuring all cash books and bank feeds are accurate and complete
  • Prepare and monitor weekly cash flow forecasts weekly.
  • Reviewing expense claims against company policy for approval.
  • Managing the company payment card system (Spendesk), chasing and posting receipts promptly.
  • Accounting for all subscriptions payments and refunds, investigating membership queries and reconciliation of related suspense accounts.
  • Assist with the preparation of monthly inter-company recharges
  • Responding to internal queries from across the business, retrieving & analysing data from the company accounting system.
  • Undertaking any other work as reasonably requested.

Experience required:

  • 1-2 years experience in a similar role responsible for AP, AR, CC, Bank recs etc
  • Experience using Xero would be a bonus but not essential
  • Experience working for an SME media, tech or entertainment centric business
  • Proficient user of Excel (VLOOKUPS, Pivot Tables, Sumifs etc)

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.