Accounts Assistant
Job description
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Your new company
Hays are partnering with a well-established and successful organisation based near Wolverhampton city centre. Due to continued growth, they are seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant to join their friendly and supportive finance team.
Your new role
As an Accounts Assistant, you will play a key role within a collaborative and experienced finance function. This is a varied position offering exposure to multiple areas of accounts, including:
- Processing sales and purchase invoices, ensuring accurate coding and timely posting
- Recording and monitoring stock movements
- Reconciling supplier statements and resolving any discrepancies
- Posting and allocating customer receipts and debtor payments
- Supporting monthly bank reconciliations
- Maintaining accurate financial records, ledgers, and filing systems
- Providing ad hoc administrative support to the wider finance team
- Assisting with credit control during periods of holiday cover
- Ensuring confidentiality and accuracy in all financial matters
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Previous experience in an accounting, bookkeeping, or finance role
- Confident IT and Excel skills
- The ability to work effectively within a small team environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- A genuine interest in finance and accounting
What you'll get in return
- Opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team
- A varied and engaging role with development potential
- Convenient location with easy access from Wolverhampton city centre
What you need to do now
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Key skills
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your invoice processing experience at the top as the role involves both sales and purchase invoice handling
📊 Quantify your reconciliation skills: "Reconciled 150+ supplier statements monthly with 99.8% accuracy"
🌐 Emphasise Excel proficiency as confident IT and Excel skills are specifically mentioned
🎯 Showcase any credit control experience since you'll provide holiday cover support
🤝 Mention small team collaboration experience as this is a key requirement for the role
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- •Processed 200+ sales and purchase invoices monthly using Excel, maintaining 99.5% coding accuracy across multiple cost centres
- •Reconciled 45 supplier statements weekly, resolving discrepancies within 48 hours and reducing outstanding queries by 30%
- •Supported credit control activities during holiday periods, collecting £15,000 in overdue payments through proactive debtor management
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Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to apply for the Accounts Assistant position with your Wolverhampton-based organisation through Hays. My experience in invoice processing and bank reconciliation, combined with confident Excel skills, aligns perfectly with your requirements for supporting the finance team's continued growth.
My background in accounts payable and receivable management has equipped me with the technical skills needed to handle the varied responsibilities outlined in your role specification.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you handle a discrepancy when reconciling supplier statements?
- ›What Excel functions do you use most frequently for financial data analysis?
- ›Describe your process for coding and posting purchase invoices accurately
- ›How do you ensure accuracy when recording stock movements?
- ›What steps would you take to resolve a customer payment allocation issue?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time when you had to work under pressure to meet month-end deadlines
- ›Describe a situation where you identified an error in financial records and how you resolved it
- ›How do you handle confidential financial information in your daily work?
- ›Give an example of when you provided support to colleagues during a busy period
- ›Tell me about a time when you had to learn a new accounting process quickly
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time when you identified an error in financial records and how you resolved it
How do you handle confidential financial information in your daily work?