Accounts Assistant (6 Month FTC)

Accounts Assistant (6 Month Fixed Term Contract) | £30,000 - £35,000 DOE | Preston | Full-time or Part-time Hours considered |Friendly and supportive management team

Axon Moore are partnering with an established and growing business that is looking for an established accounts assistant to join their team on an initial 6 month fixed term contract.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive finance team in a varied role where you will gain exposure across all aspects of transactional finance while contributing to the smooth running of the finance function. Candidates who are looking for part-time/reduced hours will also be considered for this role.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Full ownership of the purchase ledger
• End-to-end responsibility across sales ledger and credit control
• Raising sales invoices and accurately distributing
• Proactively chasing overdue accounts for payment
• Allocating cash onto the system
• Internal liaison regarding overdue debtors and queries
• Matching and coding of purchase invoices
• Payment runs
• Supplier statement recs
• Processing employee expenses and company credit cards
• Bank reconciliations
• Ensure adherence to internal policies and controls
• Sickness and leave cover across the team
• Ad-hoc duties as and when required

Required Experience and Skills:

• At least 2 years’ experience in a similar role
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good organisational and time-keeping skills
• High attention to detail and able to take ownership of their role
• Good IT and MS Excel skills

Benefits:

• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Monday- Friday 9am- 5:30pm (flexible)
• Part-time/reduced hours also considered
• Company pension
• Staff discounts
• Free on-site parking
• Regular team evens and recognition programmes

“Our local Lancashire Axon Moore team recruit all accounting and finance roles from CFO to transactional finance on both a temporary and permanent basis. For more information about this role or our wider team or see our website at www.axonmoore.com” INDFIN