Accounts Assistant – North Bedfordshire

Accounts Assistant, varied, hands on role, SME business, North Bedfordshire, £24,000 – £27,000 

My client, established over 20 years ago, have a requirement for a Finance Assistant to join their head office finance team on a permanent full-time basis. The business is in a strong position and is currently looking at opportunities to develop and diversify into new markets, they have recently acquired a new facility and will be expanding headcount further in 2021 and beyond.

Working as part of a small head office team, reporting into the Financial Controller, your duties as the Finance Assistant will include the following:

• Managing Purchase/Sales Ledger
• Processing payments
• Reconciliations
• Credit Control
• Payroll
• Cashflow forecasting
• Accruals and Prepayments
• Fixed Assets
• Support to FC as needed

The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a similar all-round finance role and be an AAT studier/AAT Qualified or CIMA/ACCA early stages. Study support will be discussed at interview stage. The FC would be keen on someone who is keen to progress and take on additional responsibilities.  This is an urgent permanent role, although temp to perm will be considered for anyone who is immediately available. We are therefore advising that if you are interested in this role that you email your CV as soon as possible.