Accounts Assistant in Harrogate

Location: Harrogate
Salary: Hidden
Recruiter: Sewell Wallis
Job Hours: Full-time

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Job description

Sewell Wallis is working with an excellent business based in Harrogate who are looking to expand their existing accounts time. You will be working for a great, well-established company who offer excellent training and support as well as long-term progression.

The successful person will have previous experience in a similar role and will ideally be AAT qualified and be confident looking after the full transactional accounts process as well working closely with the Management Accountant to assist with preparing the management accounts.

Duties:

  • Work closely and proactively with the Group Management Accountant to ensure effective cash flow management across group Businesses.
  • Manage the group purchase ledger by consolidating purchase invoices weekly.
  • Manage the group sales ledger by producing and distributing sales invoices as and when required.
  • Credit control in following up late payments as required and proactively manage the collection of debtors across Group Businesses.
  • Perform bank reconciliations promptly and clear any reconciling items in a timely manner.
  • Support the Group Management Accountant with preparation and processing of payroll.

  • The Person:

  • Experience as an Accounts Assistant, or similar (essential).
  • Excellent use of Excel for accounting to an advanced level (essential).
  • AAT qualified (desirable).

  • Benefits:

  • Free parking.
  • Study support following successful probation period.
  • Competitive salary.

  • About Sewell Wallis


    Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment agency with offices based in Sheffield and Leeds. We are well placed to support any client needing to recruit accounting and finance, HR and office support professionals across the whole of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Manchester, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire. We have dedicated Recruitment Consultants who cover all levels from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level, through to Financial Controller, Finance Director and CFO level.

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