Accounts Assistant / Bookkeeper
Job description
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Elevation are currently recruiting for a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive finance team as an Accounts Assistant/Bookkeeper.
This role will suit either a experienced all-around finance professional looking for both transactional accounts and payroll/ VAT returns. You will be responsible for sales ledger / purchase ledger / payroll / assisting with month end/ forecasting/ reporting/ reconciliations and invoicing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for end to end sales ledger/ purchase ledger process
- Assisting with month end including accruals, prepayments, expenses, payment runs and forecasting
- Bank reconciliations
- Completing payment runs
- Credit control
- Processing monthly payroll
- Provide general administrative assistance and support the finance director with ad hoc duties as required
Essential Experience:
- Experience within a finance based role
- Strong SAGE 50 / Excel skills
- Self starter / accuracy with numbers
This is a permanent position, working within a small and friendly team, fully office based in Chapletown, Leeds LS7. This can be either full time or part time role (depending on preference) with a salary up to £36k DOE FTE
Interviews being held asap!
If this sounds like something you may be interested in, please contact Cerri Pearson!
Key skills
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⭐ Highlight your SAGE 50 expertise prominently as this is specifically mentioned as essential
📊 Quantify your ledger experience: 'Managed 200+ supplier accounts with 99.5% accuracy'
🎯 Emphasise your end-to-end process experience covering both sales and purchase ledgers
💰 Showcase your payroll processing capabilities as this is a key responsibility
🔍 Demonstrate your month-end experience including accruals and prepayments knowledge
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- •Processed end-to-end sales ledger for 150+ customer accounts using SAGE 50, achieving 99.2% accuracy in monthly reconciliations
- •Managed monthly payroll for 45 employees including PAYE calculations and pension contributions, completing within 3-day deadline
- •Conducted credit control activities recovering £12,000 in overdue payments within 6 weeks through systematic follow-up procedures
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Elevation Recruitment Group's Accounts Assistant/Bookkeeper position immediately caught my attention as it combines my SAGE 50 expertise with comprehensive ledger management experience. Your requirement for end-to-end sales and purchase ledger processing, coupled with payroll and VAT return responsibilities, aligns perfectly with my finance background.
My background in transactional accounting and month-end procedures has equipped me with the accuracy and self-starting approach essential for supporting your Finance Director effectively.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you handle a discrepancy in SAGE 50 when reconciling bank statements?
- ›Walk me through your month-end process for accruals and prepayments
- ›How do you ensure accuracy when processing payroll for multiple employees?
- ›Describe your approach to credit control and chasing overdue payments
- ›What Excel functions do you use most frequently for financial reporting?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time when you had to meet a tight month-end deadline
- ›Describe a situation where you identified an error in financial records
- ›How do you prioritise tasks when managing multiple ledgers simultaneously?
- ›Give an example of when you provided excellent support to a finance director
- ›Tell me about a time when your attention to detail prevented a significant mistake
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time when you had to meet a tight month-end deadline
Describe a situation where you identified an error in financial records