Job Description

Our client based in Bedford is looking for an accounts assistant to join their team. With your confidence, expertise and willingness to learn new skills, this could be the role for you.

You will have good communication, problem solving and analytical skills and have good commercial awareness. You will be competent on Microsoft Office products and accounting software. The ideal candidate will also have effective communication with finance and non-finance staff, basic understanding of technical accounting issues and also an AAT Accountant or QBE.

Full training will be provided and really become part of a team where you will be providing efficient accounting, payroll and administrative support to the finance department. You will need to ensure that staff are paid on time and accurately and that queries from staff, suppliers and customers are resolved quickly. You will update daily bank reconciliations and posting bank transactions, take ownership of sales invoicing processes and also prepare weekly payment runs. Other tasks will consist of assisting with credit control and manage the invoice discounting facility.

In return you will be offered a salary of £25,000 for the for this full time permanent position along with being enrolled onto a pension scheme after probation finishes

If this sounds like something you are interested in and would be a good fit for the role, apply today or contact Laura Nightingale on