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Accounts Assistant

Adele Carr Recruitment
Posted 7 days ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Wigan, Lancashire WN4 8DE, England

Salary

£21,000 - £25,200 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The client is seeking an Accounts Assistant for their commercial operations based in Ashton in Makerfield, UK.
  • The role offers a 35-hour working week with a salary of £23,000 to £25,000 per year and requires at least 2 years of relevant experience.
  • Key responsibilities include managing cash and contactless income, preparing reports, and resolving discrepancies.
  • Candidates must possess strong Excel skills, attention to detail, and the ability to investigate complex queries.
  • Additional benefits include free parking, hybrid working after six months, and a pension plan.

I am currently recruiting for an Accounts Assistant for my client's group commercial operations in the UK. The role is based in Ashton in Makerfield and offers a 35-hour working week, free parking and the flexibility of hybrid working. Our client has a great reputation and low staff turnover, they have purpose-built offices and excellent working conditions.

The company earns revenue either from cash or from contactless income.

CASH - Cash is collected on site and brought to the head office for allocation

CONTACTLESS - contactless data is collected & imported from the external merchant

Duties include:

  1. CASH
  • Prepare and identify cash received to the correct account/site.
  • Import cash batches from UK and Eire to allocate the cash counted to the correct account/site
  • Allocate the cash and produce reports for failed allocations
  • Use the report to investigate and resolve unallocated cash
  • Post cash batches to the system and print error reports
  • Investigate and resolve unposted cash on the error report
  • Investigate expected income v actual income
  • File storage boxes & cash bags for archiving
  • Employ outgoing & incoming calls with field engineers
  1. CONTACTLESS
  • Process data from external merchants' portal & download
  • Check and reformat the downloaded Excel files so that it is acceptable for import
  • Investigate cashless income imported that will not allocate. Repair. Allocate
  • Post the contactless income to the correct account/site
  • Liaise with the technical department to discuss queries & resolution
  • Monitor the auto refunds inbox if and when required. Investigate & refund. Direct contact with the end user if required by email or by telephone.
  1. Ad-hoc additional work and filing as required. This may be for self-initiated work or otherwise.

Required skills

  • A proven ability to investigate complex & challenging queries
  • Excellent Excel skills are critical
  • Attention to detail, mathematical competence and general accuracy of work are all important skills and, in particular, the ability to think for oneself.
  • The ability to work as part of a team

Benefits

35 hours per week - 9.00am - 5.00pm 1 hour for lunch

Hybrid working after 6 months service

Free parking

Pension

Free refreshments

Please don't hesitate to contact me for more details on ext. 211 or email an up-to-date cv

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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.