Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant - Motor Trade - Wakefield

As an Accounts Assistant, you will support the Volvo and Polestar brands by carrying out a wide range of core finance tasks, including managing sales and purchase ledgers, processing transactions, reconciling accounts, and assisting with month‑end activities.

• Proven experience supporting finance operations across multi-sites
• Strong capability in purchase ledger management and account reconciliation
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload effectively

• Sales ledger duties: posting bank transactions, credit control, and following up debtor queries with departmental managers and customers
• Nominal ledger: posting bank, intercompany and other nominal ledger journals
• Managing and reconciling petty cash
• Assisting with month‑end close processes and resolving related queries
• Purchase ledger: coding and inputting invoices and credit notes, reconciling supplier statements, running payments, and resolving supplier queries
• Responding promptly to internal and external finance queries
• Maintaining accurate financial records, documentation, and filing systems

• Excellent numeracy skills with strong attention to detail
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word)
• Experience working under pressure while maintaining high levels of accuracy
• Confident handling queries face‑to‑face, over the phone, and via email
• Previous experience in a similar Accounts Assistant role, ideally within a fast‑paced, multi‑site business

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)
• Employee CBS scheme
• Staff discounts
• Bonus
• Prestige workspace
• Refer a friend
• Cycle to work scheme
• Career opportunities across the Group