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Accounts Assistant

Axon Moore Group Ltd
Posted a day ago, valid for a month
Location

Preston, Lancashire PR4 0AS, England

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Life Insurance

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  • Axon Moore is seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant / Purchase Ledger Clerk for a dynamic team in Preston, offering a salary between £26,000 and £28,000.
  • The ideal candidate should possess at least 2 years of relevant experience and have strong attention to detail and AP skills.
  • Key responsibilities include daily invoice processing, supplier statement reconciliations, and managing the Accounts inbox among other tasks.
  • The role offers excellent benefits such as 25 days of annual leave, flexible working hours, and a company pension scheme.
  • This position is well-suited for proactive individuals who can efficiently manage a high-volume workload while maintaining good relationships.
Accounts Assistant | £26,000 - £28,000 | Preston | Broad and varied role | Excellent benefitsAxon Moore are pleased to be working alongside a highly-valued client as they look to recruit an experienced Accounts Assistant / Purchase Ledger Clerk to their dynamic team. This role is well suited to an enthusiastic and hard-working individual with good AP experience and high-levels of attention to detail who is keen to make an impact in a growing organisation. Key Responsibilities and Duties:
  • Daily maintenance of invoice scanning & processing system
  • Importing purchase invoices onto system
  • Allocating invoices to the correct account and nominal ledger code
  • Posting invoices and ensuring they agree to accruals
  • Monthly review of unreceived cost reports to check for issues
  • Unallocated cash reviews
  • Ensure purchase invoices are received on a timely basis
  • Chase for timely approval of invoices and ensure appropriate action is taken if unable to authorise, i.e. contacting supplier
  • Supplier statement reconciliations
  • Weekly payment runs
  • Complete and circulate the daily banking calendar ensuring that historic transactions leave the bank on time to ensure correct forecasting
  • Prepare and circulate weekly internal cost analysis reports to department managers to help with forecasting and cost control
  • Manage the Accounts inbox and responding to any queries
  • Ad-hoc tasks as requested by manager
Required Skills and Experience:
  • At least 2 years’ experience within a similar role
  • Experience of complex reconciliations
  • Able to develop and maintain good internal and external working relationships
  • Able to efficiently manage a high-volume workload
  • Good IT and MS Excel skills
  • Proactive, self-motivated and organised
  • Able to work efficiently both independently and collaboratively
Benefits:
  • 9am – 6pm w/ 1 hour lunch (flexible hours)
  • 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
  • Birthday off
  • Discounts
  • Company pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Childcare voucher scheme
  • Incentives and rewards
  • Free tickets to local and national events
  • Staff social events
  • Free on-site parking

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.