Accounts Assistant

Location: Leeds (LS27)
Salary: Up to £30,000
Type: Permanent, full-time
Working pattern: Fully office-based

We're recruiting an Accounts Assistant to join a busy finance team within an established and growing national business.

This is a hands-on transactional finance role with a particular focus on cash allocation and payment processing
. You'll be responsible for accurately allocating high volumes of customer payments, investigating discrepancies and ensuring accounts are kept up to date. It's a busy role where attention to detail, confidence working with numbers and the ability to manage workload under pressure are essential.

• Processing and allocating high volumes of customer payments across the business.
• Reviewing payment information carefully to ensure cash is allocated against the correct customer accounts and invoices.
• Investigating unidentified or incorrectly allocated payments and resolving discrepancies.
• Liaising with internal teams and customers to query missing information and resolve allocation issues.
• Monitoring customer accounts to ensure payments are accurately reflected and accounts remain up to date.
• Setting up new customer accounts and processing account application forms.
• Supporting the wider finance team with general accounts administration and transactional duties.
• Working to tight deadlines, particularly during busy payment periods.

• Previous experience in an Accounts Assistant, Cash Allocation, Sales Ledger or similar transactional finance role.
• Confident handling high volumes of payments and allocating cash accurately.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to spot discrepancies rather than simply process transactions.
• Comfortable investigating queries and following issues through to resolution.
• Organised, reliable and able to manage competing priorities in a busy environment.
• A positive attitude and willingness to learn.

• Salary of up to £30,000.
• Flexible working.
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Potential for study support.