Accounts Assistant (6 Month FTC)

Accounts Assistant (6 Month Fixed Term Contract) | £30,000 - £35,000 DOE | Preston | Full-time or Part-time Hours considered |Friendly and supportive management team

Axon Moore are partnering with an established and growing business that is looking for an established accounts assistant to join their team on an initial 6 month fixed term contract.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive finance team in a varied role where you will gain exposure across all aspects of transactional finance while contributing to the smooth running of the finance function. Candidates who are looking for part-time/reduced hours will also be considered for this role.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

Full ownership of the purchase ledger End-to-end responsibility across sales ledger and credit control Raising sales invoices and accurately distributing Proactively chasing overdue accounts for payment Allocating cash onto the system Internal liaison regarding overdue debtors and queries Matching and coding of purchase invoices Payment runs Supplier statement recs Processing employee expenses and company credit cards Bank reconciliations Ensure adherence to internal policies and controls Sickness and leave cover across the team Ad-hoc duties as and when required Required Experience and Skills:

At least 2 years’ experience in a similar role Strong written and verbal communication skills Good organisational and time-keeping skills High attention to detail and able to take ownership of their role Good IT and MS Excel skills

Benefits

23 days annual leave plus bank holidays Monday- Friday 9am- 5:30pm (flexible) Part-time/reduced hours also considered Company pension Staff discounts Free on-site parking Regular team evens and recognition programmes “Our local Lancashire Axon Moore team recruit all accounting and finance roles from CFO to transactional finance on both a temporary and permanent basis. For more information about this role or our wider team or see our website at (url removed)” INDFIN