Senior Accounts Assistant for fast growing online Office Supplies Company

Location: Tunbridge Wells (TN1)

Salary: From £28,000 to £30,000 per annum
Date posted: 27/11/2017
Job type: Permanent
Company: Paperstone Ltd
Contact: HR

Job Description:

A fantastic opportunity to join our fast growing, award winning online office supplies company based in Central Tunbridge Wells as the Senior Accounts Assistant. The role will include a wide variety of activities and the ideal candidate will need to be comfortable handling multiple responsibilities. The role is far reaching and would suit someone looking to expand their knowledge base.

Reports to: Senior Management
Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 per week (9 - 5.30pm)
Annual Leave: 23 days pa (plus bank holidays)

Responsibilities will include:

• Managing a junior accounts assistant
• Sales Ledger Management (including managing an automated credit control system)
• Purchase Ledger Management (again highly automated)
• Bank, Customer and Supplier statement reconciliations
• Monthly accounts preparation
• VAT reporting
• Query resolution and general accounts filing

Skills and experience:
• 2 years previous accounts experience working with both sales and purchase ledgers essential
• AAT, ACA or ACCA studying/part-qualified would be advantageous
• Excellent maths and English
• Good IT skills - Excel, Word and Outlook

For our accounting system, we use an ECi’s Progress (most people are unfamiliar and full training will be given). It allows a large degree of automation to streamline repetitive jobs!

We are looking for a team player with excellent communication skills. The ideal candidate will need to be highly numerate, very accurate, positive, open minded and eager to learn.

Please send your CV and a covering letter as part of your application. The job is available for a January 2018 start.

Please note we only want candidates to apply - no agencies/recruiters please.