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Location: St Helens. This is a permanent full-time position supporting day-to-day accounting operations and assisting with a system implementation scheduled for early 2026.
Responsibilities
* Supporting all day-to-day accounting operations
* Management of cash book and bank reconciliation
* Responsibility for credit control ensuring timely customer payments
* Assist in assessing customer creditworthiness, monitoring limits and liaison with credit insurance company
* Creation and maintenance of customer master data including credit limits
* Query resolution of customer invoices in collaboration with customer service and other departments
* Processing of invoices and credit notes
* Balance sheet reconciliation
* Provide cover for the assistant controller and accounting assistant
* Accruals and prepayments
* Payroll support
* Any other ad hoc tasks
Qualifications
* Candidate will ideally have AAT Level 3 or equivalent
Experience & Essential Requirements
* Strong attention to detail
* Previous experience within accounts function; prior sales ledger / credit control responsibility is preferred
* SAP experience desirable but not essential
* Strong Microsoft Excel / Office skills
* Ability to plan and organise own work
Job Offer / Benefits
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays (Plus one extra day for every 5 years worked)
* Option to purchase an additional 3 days holiday
* Salary sacrifice pension scheme
* On-site parking
* Monthly contribution towards health club membership (on successful completion of probation)
* Cycle to work scheme
Pay
* Salary £27,000 - £30,000 depending on experience
Job Type
* Full-time position, 39.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm (4:30 finish on a Friday)
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Finance and Sales
Industries
* Accounting
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