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Date Added: Wed 05/06/2024

Accounts & Office Assistant

Colchester, UK
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Company: LIGHTHOUSE PERSONNEL LTD

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: Salary negotiable

'Recruiting for your future success’

Accounts/Office Assistant

Salary DOE | Little Bentley | Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm | 20 days holiday plus B/H (Rising to 25) | Early finish on Fridays | Free Parking | Pension | Accounts | Sage | Invoicing | Sales/Purchase Ledger | Organised | Excel/pivot tables | Sage 200 |

Our client is a manufacturing company, based in Little Bentley who are passionate about creating unique solutions for their customers. They believe in ongoing development and customer service and are looking for like-minded individuals to join their team as an Accounts/Office Assistant.

The successful candidate willassist the Office Director with accounts and will, over time, enable the right person to gain experience of the whole accounts process including sales & purchase ledger, credit control, reconciliations, month end & year end prep and assisting with the annual audit.

Duties (include but are not limited to)

  • Sales ledger
  • Purchase ledger
  • Credit Control
  • General ledger reconciliations
  • Assisting with month end & year end processes, including pre-payments, accruals and depreciation etc.
  • Other adhoc duties as required by the Directors.
  • General Office Administration.
  • Stock & Sales analysis.
  • Ability to communicate with internal & external stakeholders confidently.

Person Specification

  • Can do attitude is most important we are a small team and sometimes it can be all hands on deck!
  • Excel, lookups & pivot tables.
  • Highly organised person, able to work on own initiative and within a small team, excellent communication skills at all levels, able to work under pressure in a calm focused manner to meet tight deadlines.
  • High level of literacy and numeracy with exceptional attention to detail
  • Competency in Microsoft office
  • High level of literacy and numeracy with exceptional attention to detail
  • Experience of Sage accounting software, ideally Sage 200 but not essential.
  • IT literate & confident

Driving Licence required: Yes

LIGHTHOUSE PERSONNEL LTD ARE A RECRUITMENT AGENCY WORKING ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT.

PLEASE NOTE WE RECEIVE A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS PER VACANCY AND UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT RESPOND TO ALL APPLICANTS. THEREFORE, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US WITHIN A MONTH FROM APPLICATION DATE, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

If you have been successful, we will contact you by the phone and begin taking you through our step by step recruitment process, doing our utmost to ensure the role is right for you, ascertaining your suitability in the process. This process will all be explained on initial contact.

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