Accounts Assistant

Job Description:

📊 Accounts Assistant
📍 Loughborough
💼 Full-Time, Permanent, Office Based - Flexi Hours
💰 £30,000 - £35,000 DOE

Hamilton Woods is proud to be partnering with a dynamic, fast-growing company based in Loughborough, in search of a tenacious Accounts Assistant eager to contribute during an exciting period of expansion.

In this varied and hands-on role, you'll take ownership of key transactional finance tasks, ensuring accuracy across our sales and purchase ledger activities. Working closely with the Finance Manager, you'll also help streamline processes and support month-end reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and reconcile the sales ledger (invoicing, credit notes, aged debt)
• Manage the purchase ledger (supplier invoicing, statement reconciliations, payment runs)
• Perform bank reconciliations and resolve discrepancies
• Assist in month-end close procedures
• Post journals, accruals, and prepayments
• Help prepare monthly management accounts
• Support budgeting and variance analysis
• Contribute to cash flow forecasting and reporting
• Maintain accurate records in Xero and support system improvements
• Liaise with internal teams to improve finance processes and controls

Role Requirements:

• Proven experience in an Accounts Assistant or similar finance role
• Strong working knowledge of Xero
• Solid understanding of both sales and purchase ledger processes
• High attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to meet deadlines
• Exposure to or interest in management accounting and financial reporting
• A finance or accounting graduate, ideally studying towards ACCA, AAT, or CIMA
• High attention to detail and proactive in problem-solving
• Able to manage own workload and support a growing finance function

Please apply or send your CV to (url removed)