Assistant Accountant

Job description

Sewell Wallis are currently recruiting for an Assistant Accountant to join a well-established and successful business based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious finance professional to take ownership of the transactional finance function, overseeing purchase ledger, sales ledger and credit control across a diverse portfolio of key clients and accounts.

Working closely with the Finance Manager, you'll become their right-hand person within the transactional finance team, taking ownership of the day-to-day function and providing valuable support, allowing the Finance Manager to focus on wider financial reporting and strategic priorities.

We're looking for someone who is hands-on, organised and enjoys taking ownership. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy variety in your day and want to be part of a friendly, social and upbeat team, this could be the perfect next step for you.

What will you be doing?

• Perform daily GBP and USD bank reconciliations, including PayPal, Sage Pay and other payment platforms, investigating and resolving discrepancies promptly.
• Manage the purchase ledger, processing supplier invoices, credit notes, purchase orders and supplier statements, while resolving invoice queries and disputes.
• Set up and maintain supplier accounts, verify bank details in line with company procedures, and manage supplier remittances and payment queries.
• Process weekly, monthly, China and ad hoc supplier payment runs, alongside employee expenses, petty cash and company credit card reconciliations.
• Provide credit control support, including chasing overdue customer debt and maintaining strong relationships with customers and suppliers.
• Analyse and review credit card and expense expenditure, ensuring transactions are accurately coded and supported by appropriate documentation.
• Manage intercompany recharges and reconciliations, while working closely with overseas and China-based suppliers and supporting import duty and declaration queries.
• Support month-end accounting and reporting, including accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, balance sheet reconciliations, management accounts, financial analysis, audit and VAT processes.

What skills are we looking for?

• Significant experience working in an Assistant Accountant or similar role
• AAT qualified, or studying towards
• Excellent understanding of Microsoft Excel, including SUMIFS, XLOOKUPs and VLOOKUPs
• Experience working with foreign currency transactions would be beneficial
• Understanding of accruals, prepayments and fixed assets would be beneficial
• Experience using Sage

What's on offer?

• Salary of £30,0000
• Parking available on site
• Pension Contributions
• Opportunity for development
• Freebies and company gifts
• Social events

Send us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.

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