Accounts Assistant

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 April 2026
LOCATION
Ellesmere Port
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
SALARY
£25,500 / year
CATEGORY
Finance
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SKILLS

Double-entry bookkeeping Sales ledger management Purchase ledger management Month-end financial reporting Accounting software Microsoft Office Data protection Financial reporting

FULL DESCRIPTION

Accounts Assistant

Ellesmere Port

£25,500

Working for this well-established, innovative and progressive company, the Accounts Assistant will join a motivated finance team, with a focus on result, quality and achieving key deadlines. Full training is available for the right candidate.

The Accounts Assistant will work Monday to Friday, 9am-530pm. Hybrid working (a minimum of 2 days in the office) is available following the training period.

You will be rewarded with 23 days’ holidays (plus Bank Holidays), rising to 30 days with service; quarterly staff awards; hybrid working; duvet and charity days; enhanced family leave; health and wellbeing support including Medicash, gym discounts, Perkbox.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Raising sales invoices and customer receipts, including Direct Debit collections
  • Processing payables invoices and payments to suppliers
  • Responding to queries from external/internal stakeholders
  • Checking transactions raised by other members of the team for quality control
  • Understanding and implementing customer fee updates
  • Operational reporting to the MI team
  • Accruals and timely processes for month end reporting
  • Cross skilling and cover across team responsibilities
  • Reconcile purchase ledger records and arrange payments to suppliers efficiently
  • Respond professionally and clearly to internal and external financial queries
  • Use accounting software confidently and accurately
  • Work independently and contribute proactively within a team environment

Essential Requirements

  • Knowledge of the fundamental principles of double-entry bookkeeping and standard accounting practices
  • Understanding of the processes involved in sales and purchase ledger management, including the purpose of accruals in month-end financial reporting
  • Understand how finance supports and interacts with other business functions
  • Knowledge of management information reporting and how financial data contributes and the requirements for data accuracy, quality control and audit readiness within financial operations
  • Understand the importance of data protection and confidentiality when working with financial records
  • Experience of standard accountancy software systems and Microsoft Office applications
  • Works with precision and takes pride in producing accurate and high-quality work
  • Demonstrates a strong sense of ownership and responsibility over tasks
  • Communicates clearly, courteously and confidently with stakeholders at all levels
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