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Accounts / Finance Assistant

  • Location: Leeds
  • Salary: £21000 - £24000 per annum
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted about 2 years ago

  • Sector: Transactional Finance, Finance
  • Contact: Leeds Accounts
  • Contact Email: leeds@sharpconsultancy.com
  • Expiry Date: 21 May 2022
  • Job Ref: LCO37847_1650554718
Working as a member of a supportive finance function for a successful and growing organisation based on the outskirts of Leeds centre with good commuter links, this role will provide direct support to the finance team (3) working very closely with 2 Management Accountants.

Initial duties will include:

*Sourcing sales figures, for a growing number of venues, from EPOS software
*Dealing with accounts paperwork deliveries from venues
*Inputting purchase invoices and credit notes with a high level of accuracy and diligence
*Reconciling supplier statements to Xero supplier ledgers
*Communicating with suppliers, both by email and telephone, in order to deal with queries arising quickly and efficiently
*Working closely with the management accountants to resolve any queries arising quickly and efficiently
*Posting basic accounting journals using existing Excel templates
*Posting transactions from bank statements on Xero
*Reconciling bank accounts from statements to Xero
*Posting transactions from credit card statements to Xero
*Month end reconciliations
*Ensuring that the fixed asset ledger reconciles to the fixed asset register

What we look for:

*We seek employees with a great attitude, who can be helpful and provide assistance where needed
*The candidate will need to have a good aptitude for numbers
*Experience of using Excel is essential
*You will be driven to develop your career over the long term
*The candidate will be dealing with both suppliers and valued customers, so good communication skills and an ability to prioritise is important

This is a position that is being shortlisted very quickly due to the client wanting to make a swift appointment, with that in mind if you are interested and have the relevant experience apply now.

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 25 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function, from finance administrators through to senior Finance Director appointments. Please visit our website www.sharpconsultancy.com for more information on accountancy jobs or accountancy recruitment; finance jobs or finance recruitment.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore if we have not responded to your application within seven days please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.