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Accounts Assistant
The Role:
We're recruiting an Accounts Assistant on behalf of a busy, international business located just outside St Ives, Cambridgeshire. This is a full-time, permanent position offering a salary of £25,000 – £27,500, and a genuinely varied accounts role where no two days are quite the same.
You'll be working as part of a small, close-knit accounts team, supporting the Accounts Office Manager across a broad range of day-to-day financial tasks — from processing invoices and reconciling multi-currency bank accounts through to credit control and VAT return preparation. If you're AAT qualified, detail-oriented and thrive when working to deadlines, this is a solid opportunity to develop your accounts career within an established, international operation.
Main Responsibilities:
- Checking bank accounts for receipts and posting BACS, cheques and card payments to customer accounts
- Placing customers on stop and chasing outstanding debts
- Arranging payments and processing overseas invoices
- Recording all money in and out of the bank and posting to customer accounts
- Completing weekly and monthly bank reconciliations across Sterling, USD and Euro accounts
- Processing purchase journal invoices and handling related enquiries including POs, freight and print invoices
- Arranging weekly supplier payments and sending remittances
- Raising and emailing UK sales invoices
- Assisting the Accounts Office Manager with quarterly VAT return preparation
- Supporting month-end and year-end reporting processes
- Processing FedEx claims and payment links
- Administering credit checks in readiness for manager authorisation
- Dealing with debit and credit card receipts and purchase card administration
- Responding to emails from customers and internal sales staff
Skills/Experience:
- AAT Level 2 or above — essential
- Maths and English GCSE at grade C/4 or above — essential
- Proven experience in an accounts or finance role
- Competent in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to self-check work accurately
- Able to work to accounting deadlines and manage own workload under pressure
- Confident communicating with suppliers and customers at all levels
- Self-motivated, organised and able to work both independently and as part of a team
- Full clean driving licence and own transport — desirable due to office location
Salary & Working Hours:
£25,000 – £27,500 per annum. Full-time, permanent position based just outside St Ives, Cambridgeshire.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary of £25,000 – £27,500
- Varied, hands-on role within an international business
- Supportive team environment reporting to an experienced Accounts Office Manager
- Opportunity to develop your finance career across a broad range of accounting functions