Accounts Assistant

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Accounts Assistant to join an established services company who are proud of their tenured team and located in Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Working in friendly, fast paced environment, this temporary to permanent opportunity has arisen due to heavy workloads and will commence in February 2026.

What will the Accounts Assistant vacancy involve?

You will be dealing with queries and enquiries from both internal and external customers on a daily basis
You will be responsible for maintaining the Customer Database, which includes the set up and amendment of customer records
You will also be responsible for setting up new direct debit instructions and amendments to existing instructions, as well as submitting the direct debit mandates to the bank on a daily basis, following the change to paperless Direct Debit earlier this year.
Sending the automated reminder letters to a weekly or monthly schedule according to the different types of billing
Correcting receipt posting queries
Raising credit notes, raising refunds for over payments and processing write offs
Daily invoice distribution, which includes the printing of Invoices, and or emailing of invoices, and occasionally raising invoices for smaller departments
Suitable Candidate for the Accounts Assistant vacancy:

You will possess previous accounts receivable experience, ideally gained from a medium to large business;
Possess outstanding communication and negotiation skills;
Have a proven track record in forging strong client relationships;
Be an excellent team player;
Have good IT skills.
Additional benefits and information for the role of Accounts Assistant

Full training;
Hybrid working;
Located near public transport links;
4pm finish on a Friday.
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