Accounts Assistant

Finance Assistant

Location: Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Working Hours: Monday–Friday Full time
Salary: £30,000
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We’re recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join a business based in Market Harborough. This is a broad finance position suited to someone who already has a solid grounding in transactional finance and is looking to continue developing their experience across month-end, management accounts and wider finance activities.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you’ll take ownership of key day-to-day finance processes across the group while supporting cash flow forecasting, credit control, reporting, compliance and finance improvement projects.

Your responsibilities will include:

Processing purchase invoices and raising sales invoices and credit notes
Posting and allocating bank payments, receipts and ledger transactions
Maintaining accurate purchase and sales ledgers
Preparing supplier payment runs and uploading payments for approval
Completing bank and petty cash reconciliations
Processing employee expenses and company credit card transactions
Producing aged debtor reports and carrying out credit control
Following up overdue balances and resolving customer and supplier queries
Updating weekly cash flow forecasts with actual and expected movements
Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts and finance packs
Preparing balance sheet reconciliations, including accruals, prepayments and fixed assets
Posting journals and supporting the month-end close
Assisting with revenue, cost, margin and project reporting
Supporting VAT returns, year-end requirements and statutory audit preparation
Assisting with P11D preparation and other routine finance compliance
Supporting finance process improvements, system development and automation initiatives
You’ll ideally have:

AAT qualification and be actively studying towards ACCA or CIMA
At least two years’ relevant finance/accounting experience
Good hands-on experience using accounting/finance systems
Strong Excel skills, including PivotTables and lookup formulas
Experience across transactional finance with the confidence to take on broader month-end responsibilities
Good communication skills when dealing with customers, suppliers and internal colleagues
Strong organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage competing deadlines
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