Sewell Wallis are delighted to be working with a progressive Barnsley, South Yorkshire based company who are looking for an Accounts Assistant to join their team on a part time permanent basis. The role will be working 30 hours over 5 days (Mon- Fri) with some flexibility in the working hours.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the smooth running of the finance function, being heavily involved in a variety of tasks across purchase ledger, sales ledger and payroll.
What will you be doing?
Take ownership of payroll processes, ensuring all employee timesheets are validated, processed, and reconciled accurately using Sage 50 Payroll. This includes new starters, leavers, statutory payments, and handling queries.
Manage invoicing for a wide range of customers, ensuring prompt payment and resolving queries
Maintain accurate records, process remittances, and generate customer statements and debtor reports.
Oversee purchase ledger functions, ensuring best value for contract renewals.
Reconcile expected and received billings.
Support the finance team with bank transaction processing, petty cash management
Play a key part in regular system reviews and assist in driving process improvements.What skills are we looking for?
Proficient in Sage 50 Payroll and Accounts
Strong literacy, numeracy, and PC skills (intermediate Excel proficiency).
Prior experience in a finance department.
AAT Level 2 or Sage Payroll accreditation is a plus.What's on offer?
Hybrid working.
Flexible working.
Company pension scheme.
Starting salary of £26K (FTE) rising to £27.5K (FTE)
25 days of annual leave and bank holidays.
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To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions