Accounts Assistant

We’re looking for an enthusiastic Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team on a 12 month contract. Based in Milton Keynes with hybrid working, you’ll support Accounts Payable and Receivable processes, ensuring accurate posting, VAT compliance, and effective working capital management. You’ll also support transformation projects by applying strong data practices and identifying opportunities for improvement and automation.

• Process purchase invoices
• Support purchase invoice enquiries from the Business Unit to ensure compliance and efficiency
• Process expenses transactions into the ledgers
• Perform supplier statement reconciliations
• Support the delivery of internal and external audit documentation

• Enter sales invoices into our system
• Perform credit control tasks
• Support the AR team lead with knowledge of customers and outstanding balances for the calculation of bad debt provisions

• Maintain and optimise the supplier and customer master records
• Daily bank reconciliations

• A degree in Finance, Economics, or a related discipline, or relevant practical experience within a finance function
• A strong data and systems mindset
• The ability to deliver to tight timescales and deadlines consistently
• Excellent day-to-day planning and organisational skills
• Dynamism, aptitude for problem solving and teamwork, practicality, reliability, flexibility, and results‑oriented
• Exceptional communication skills and interpersonal relations at all levels
• The ability to engage and influence colleagues to achieve common goals and objectives

• 12‑month contract
• £26,500 – £28,000 per annum
• Generous annual leave – starting at 25 days plus bank holidays, with the option to buy additional leave and increased entitlement with length of service
• 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday, hybrid role (2 days in the office per week)
• Enhanced family leave – enhanced maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave with 6 months full pay, plus 2 weeks full pay for paternity leave
• Milestone rewards – paid and unpaid sabbaticals, charity donations, personal gifts, and retail vouchers
• Salary reviews
• Company bonus scheme
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Life assurance – 4x your annual salary
• Employee assistance programme (EAP) – confidential support, advice, and counseling available 24/7, 365 days a year
• 24/7 GP service – access to medical advice anytime
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye care vouchers – supporting your health and well‑being
• Welcome pack – filled with company-branded goodies to kickstart your journey with us

As an equal opportunity employer, Kiwa celebrates diversity and is dedicated to building an inclusive, supportive workplace. We embrace flexibility in hiring talented individuals from all backgrounds globally, ensuring a work environment free from prejudice, discrimination, and intimidation. Inclusivity and equality are core to who we are, and we uphold these values without exception.