Accounts Assistant

We’re looking for a detail‑oriented and proactive Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team from our Kings Hill office, ME19 4UA
. This role plays a key part in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financial records by reviewing, preparing, and posting detailed invoice breakdowns by Portfolio code, as well as managing accruals, prepayments, and company credit card spend in line with our policies. The successful candidate will also provide essential cover for the Accounts Payable Supervisor, including overseeing weekly payment runs managed by MCM India and ensuring all due invoices are fully approved and processed within business time frames.

• Competitive salary
• Permanent position
• Hybrid role
• Competitive bonus scheme
• Discount and cash back on hundreds of high‑street shops and private health insurance
• …and much more benefits

• Code, scan and enter urgent manual invoices into Workday when supervisor unavailable.
• Upload third‑party invoice analysis journals into Workday and handle monthly certification for the Invoice Control account and upload data to the data warehouse.
• Act as administrator for the UK Group Company Credit cards (user set up, posting unapproved transaction accruals, and owning the monthly certificate).
• Post all accounting entries related to Accounts Payable invoices including prepayments, receipt of goods accrual, and unapproved invoices with associated certifications.
• Assist the wider Reporting team with bank reconciliations.
• Cover for reviewing the weekly payment run for authorisation.
• Prepare ad‑hoc journals as needed.
• Monitor the accounts payable inbox when supervisor is not present, ensuring each email is dealt with promptly and assist the business with urgent PO and expense report creation.
• Identify process improvements where applicable and help develop/implement.

• Experience in a fast‑paced processing environment.
• Experience or enthusiasm to work in a finance team.
• Self‑motivated with ability to multitask and manage own workload, prioritise and consistently meet deadlines.
• Good computer literacy with experience using accounting systems, word processing, spreadsheets and other standard business software.
• Ability to cope with a dynamic and busy environment.
• Highly organised and methodical with a ‘Can Do’ attitude.
• Excellent analytical skills with proven attention to detail.

If this sounds like you and you’d like to join our rapidly expanding company that offers excellent career progression, then apply now!

You’ll be working for an award‑winning, Investors in People Gold‑accredited organisation. We’re passionate about the ethical treatment of our customers and employees. Our mission is to create pathways to economic freedom. Our vision is to make credit accessible by partnering with our consumers to restore their financial health.

We value a multitude of diverse talent and want everyone to be themselves at work, encouraging a culture that includes everyone. Our policies ensure that every candidate and employee are treated fairly and with equal opportunities.

• At Cabot we are highly regulated by our clients, so successful candidates will have to undergo a basic credit check and criminal background check. We cannot proceed to interview if a CCJ, IVA or bankruptcy appears on a credit file, or if you do not have full right to work in the UK – we are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship.

• Seniority level:
  Not applicable.
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time.
• Job function:
  Management and Manufacturing.