Accounts Assistant

Our client is looking for an experienced Accounts Assistant to join their growing team in Manchester.

**Accounts Assistant
Manchester, M44**
- **Full time, permanent**
- **£21,000 - £27,000 per annum, depending on experience**

**Please Note: Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK**

Our client is a multidisciplinary construction company that has been trading successfully for over 40 years. They focus on civil engineering but undertake a wide variety of works from civils, utilities, demolition and industrial building to refurbishmentsand internal fit outs.?

They work primarily for the utility industry and have secured several long-term frameworks with national clients that they have worked with for over 30 years.??

**About the role**:
As **Accounts Assistant**, you will provide all round support in the day-to-day functions of the accounts department from the sales and purchase ledgers to the daily cash postings and bank reconciliations.??

**Your responsibilities**:

- Purchase ledger tasks; coding and processing supplier invoices, reconciling supplier statements, preparing weekly and monthly payment runs?
- Sales ledger tasks including daily invoices, preparing new customer accounts, credit reviews?
- Credit control?
- Assist in investigating and resolving supplier and customer queries?
- Bank reconciliations?
- Credit card statement reconciliation?
- Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts?
- Journal preparation?
- Assist with monthly P&L and balance sheet reconciliations??
- Ownership of anomalies and discrepancies arising from accounts reviews?
- Managing petty cash, milage and expenses?
- Support and cover other members of the Finance Team as required?

**About you**:

- Attention to detail?
- Proactive?in managing tasks and problem solving
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills?
- Excellent IT skills with strong competency in Excel
- Ability to prioritise and adapt to changing workloads?
- Committed to driving the company forward?
- Passionate about our business and what we represent?
- Professional approach, strong work ethic and high level of discretion?
- Team player, willing to learn and get involved with a wide range of tasks?

**You must be authorised to work in the UK. No agencies please.**

Other suitable skills and experience includes Accounts Assistant, Accounts, Accountant, Assistant Accountant, Finance Assistant, Finance, Accounting, Administration, Admin, Office