Senior Accounts Assistant

Job Title: Senior Accounts Assistant

Location: Warrington

Pay Bracket: 28,000 - 33,000 per annum

We are working with a a leading manufacturer who have been in business for over 30 years. They are dedicated to delivering high-quality services, from design and installation to ongoing maintenance and technical support. Our client is going through an exciting period of growth, and their team now needs to expand and recruit a Senior Accounts Assistant to work alongside the Financial Controller.

This is a great opportunity as you will supervise the purchase ledger, managing payroll systems, and supporting the Financial Controller with tasks such as month-end/year-end close and VAT/CIS submissions.

Your main roles and responsibilities:

• Supervise and assist the Purchase Ledger Assistant in all aspects of the purchase ledger, including:
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and internal departments to resolve supplier queries promptly.
• Contribute to month-end reporting.
• Ensure accurate reconciliation and management of supplier statements, GRNI ageing and debit balances, manual payment tracking.
• Process monthly corporate card transactions.
• Input authorised timesheets into Sage 200 for job costing.
• Processing weekly and monthly payroll, pension, and HMRC payment runs via BACS.
• Submitting RTI reports to HMRC.
• Post and reconcile payroll and pensions to nominal ledgers.
• Process weekly expenses and petty cash.
• Prepare and submit quarterly VAT returns.
• Prepare and submit monthly CIS subcontractor returns.
• Manage pension auto-enrolment processes.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proficient in using accounting systems, preferably Xero
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in excel and all Microsoft apps.
• Strong collaboration, team communication

You'll benefit from:

• A salary up to 33,000 per year
• 29 days Holiday
• Modern, progressive, and collaborative working environment
• Free Parking
• Flexible Working Hours
• Training, learning and development opportunities.

Don't tick every box?

We encourage candidates to push themselves and to go for it! Whilst you might not meet all the criteria we're looking for, there are plenty of opportunities to develop yourself.

We also have additional vacancies like this one at a more junior and senior level, if you're not suitable for this position, we might have others that you'd like to hear about! Nothing ventured is nothing gained.

For immediate consideration please submit an updated CV to this advert, the client is happy to wait if the right person has a notice period.

What's next?

Candidates who are successfully shortlisted will be invited to a registration with Thomas ahead of submitting your CV to the client. We will have a good chat regarding your career and how we can help.

Following this, your CV will be sent off with a consultant overview to secure you the interview. The interview process will be two stages with a competency-based test.