Transactional Accounts Assistant

We're looking for a proactive and detail focused Transactional Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team in Manchester.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience across transactional finance who enjoys variety, takes pride in delivering accurate work, and wants to broaden their experience across Accounts Receivable, Banking and Accounts Payable.

Reporting to the Transactional Finance Manager, you'll play an important role in ensuring our day to day financial operations run smoothly, while working closely with colleagues across the wider business.

• Preparing and issuing sales invoices, credit notes and commission payment instructions
• Allocating customer receipts and investigating unallocated cash
• Resolving customer queries and carrying out credit control activities
• Maintaining accurate financial records and supporting documentation

• Processing daily cashbook transactions, ensuring accurate coding and posting within our finance system
• Investigating discrepancies, unreconciled items and timing differences
• Supporting monthly bank reconciliations
• Processing payments, including sundry and transfer offer payments to clients
• Supporting wider banking activities, including staff expenses, company credit cards and client compensation payments
• Processing monthly staff expenses

• Managing assigned Accounts Payable activities and associated controls
• Supporting supplier payment queries and wider AP processes
• Working within established purchase order and approval procedures
• Assisting with investigations across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Banking
• Working in line with AJ Bell’s financial control framework
• Identifying and escalating issues, discrepancies or process improvements
• Building positive working relationships across Finance and the wider business

You’ll already have experience working within a transactional finance environment and understand how accurate financial processing supports the wider business.

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines
• Proactive, reliable and keen to take ownership of their work
• A confident communicator who enjoys working collaboratively
• Committed to maintaining high standards of accuracy and control

• Experience working across Accounts Receivable, Banking and Accounts Payable
• Strong experience with invoicing, cash allocation and reconciliations
• Experience using an ERP finance system, such as Net Suite or similar
• Good Excel and general IT skills

• Experience working within a regulated or highly controlled environment
• Experience processing high transaction volumes across multiple legal entities

• Minimum of six GCSEs (or equivalent), including Maths and English at Grade C/4 or above
• Previous experience in a transactional finance role covering Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Banking

• 26 days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays
• 7% Pension with matched contributions
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE)
• Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare
• Free onsite gym
• Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Travel and bike loan schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme

We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of 50% of your working time per month spent in the office. For new starters, there’s an initial period of full‑time office working to help you settle in and build relationships.