Temp Assistant Accountant

Delighted to be supporting an growing SME in Leeds as an Assistant Accountant, playing a key role in supporting the finance function and ensuring financial and operational tasks are completed accurately, efficiently and on time. You'll work closely with the Head of Finance and wider business, taking ownership of core transactional duties while contributing to continuous improvement across processes and systems. This role suits someone who is proactive, detail-driven and confident working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Role Responsibilities

Bank reconciliations - Completing monthly bank reconciliations of multiple bank accounts and assisting with other reconciliations and month end duties as required

Managing aged debtors and credit control - chasing overdue payments and maximising cash collection across all customers

Managing aged creditors and supplier payments - reconciling supplier statements and keeping the purchase ledger accurate and up to date

Undertaking sales invoicing for all customers

Processing of all purchase invoices and expenses, including confirming authorisation

Overseeing company expenses - in particular staA company card spend, ensuring all expenditure is authorised, coded and within policy

Undertaking balance sheet reconciliations across multiple accounts, investigating and resolving reconciling items promptly

Setting up payments through the banks across multiple accounts, ensuring they are accurate, authorised and paid on time

Providing support to day-to-day finance queries, escalating or asking for input as required

Input transactional data and liaise with various departments to ensure the financial records are correctly updated

Assisting stat worldwide with day-to-day queries

Assisting with month end processes and ensuring that they are submitted by the relevant teams - helping them to resolve reconciliation queries

Dealing with other general ad hoc queries

Experience and Skill Requirements

Strong IT skills with at least intermediate knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office 365 suite

Experience of credit control, managing aged debt and processing payments through online banking platforms

Self-starter with a can-do attitude, willing to contribute and share ideas to consistentlyimprove processes and increase efficiency

Strives to embrace change, enjoys a fast-paced environment, reacts well to pressure, and welcomes new ideas

Ability to find opportunities outside of those presented through self-motivation and diligence

Positive attitude with realistic expectations

Takes pride in their work with a very meticulous eye for detail

Excellent communication skills

If you are interested please apply

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