Accounts Assistant

Oakley Recruitment is working in partnership with an expanding organisation based in Birmingham. This is an excellent opportunity to join the team as an Accounts Assistant on a full-time, permanent basis.

If you’re detail-driven, confident with numbers and ready to take the next step in your finance career then keep reading.

Culture and Environment
This is a varied finance opportunity where you’ll be involved across a broad range of transactional and accounting responsibilities, giving you exposure to different areas of the finance function.

You’ll be joining a busy environment where accuracy and attention to detail are important, with a role that offers plenty of responsibility and the opportunity to continue developing your finance experience.

Personality
We’re looking for someone proactive, organised and naturally comfortable working with numbers. You’ll have excellent attention to detail and enjoy taking ownership of your workload, while being confident communicating with colleagues, customers and suppliers. You’ll be comfortable working within a high-volume environment and able to maintain accuracy while managing multiple responsibilities.

Package and Benefits

* Full-time permanent position

* Monday–Friday

* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

* Death in Service at 4 times annual basic salary

* Pension after a 3-month probation period

* Hybrid working after probation period

Job Role

* Managing bank account balances and completing daily bank reconciliations

* Managing key balance sheet accounts, including prepayments and accruals

* Creating new supplier and customer accounts within the accounting system

* Creating customer invoices, credit notes and initiating Direct Debit payments

* Allocating incoming payments and supporting credit control activity

* Processing supplier invoices

* Sending supplier remittances and supporting wider ad hoc finance duties

Skills and Experience

* Previous experience in an Accounts Assistant role

* Preferably holding or working towards an AAT qualification

Please Note:

We do not contact or write to unsuccessful candidates. If we have not contacted you within 48 hours of your application, you should presume that your application was unsuccessful. By applying for this vacancy, you are permitting for Oakley Recruitment to contact you and retain your details. In compliance with the regulations (April 2004) in place under the Employment Agencies Act, Oakley Recruitment will require proof of identification.

A copy of your passport, birth certificate and NI number will be required, as part of your interview process