Accounts Assistant

Location: Turnpike Lane

Cosgrove & Cosgrove Ltd is looking for an experienced Accounts Assistant to join our office-based team near Hortonwood, Telford. This is a full-time, permanent role paying £28,000–£30,000 per year, depending on experience. You will support day-to-day bookkeeping and accounts work, with practical Quick Books Online experience and strong Microsoft Excel skills essential.
• Complete bank and credit card reconciliations.
• Maintain purchase and sales ledgers, process supplier invoices and raise sales invoices in Quick Books Online.
• Process expenses and receipts using Dext and accounting software.
• Carry out accurate bookkeeping and data entry across client accounts.
• Prepare and post journals, including payroll information and payroll journals.
• Investigate discrepancies and resolve queries with colleagues, clients and suppliers.
• Use Excel to check, organise and reconcile financial information.
• Support month-end processes and keep accounting records up to date.
• At least two years of relevant UK bookkeeping or accounts experience.
• Practical experience using Quick Books Online for day-to-day accounting is essential.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including working with formulas, checking data and reconciling spreadsheets.
• Experience with bank reconciliations, purchase and sales ledgers, invoices and journals.
• Accurate, organised and able to manage deadlines and investigate discrepancies.
• Clear communication skills and a positive approach to working with colleagues and clients.
• Dext experience would be useful.
• Salary of £28,000–£30,000 per year, depending on experience.
• Full-time, permanent employment.
• An office-based role in near Hortonwood, Telford, supporting varied day-to-day client bookkeeping and accounts work. Please include brief answers to the following questions with your application: 1. How many years of UK bookkeeping or accounts experience do you have, and which day-to-day tasks have you handled? 2. What practical experience do you have using Quick Books Online? Please describe your recent work with invoices, bank reconciliations and journals.

3. Which Microsoft Excel formulas and features do you use confidently? Please give a short example of using Excel to check or reconcile financial data. 4. Can you work full-time from our office near Hortonwood, Telford? 5. Is a salary of £28,000–£30,000 per year acceptable to you? 6. What is your notice period or earliest available start date? Dext experience is useful but not essential;

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