Accounts Assistant - Graduate

Job Description

Overview We are currently recruiting for an Accounts Assistant in an exciting business based near the Birmingham Airport area Our client are hoping for a bright, driven and confident accounts trainee that is keen to get their finance career started. This role will involve supporting the Purchase Ledger manager and the Finance Manager with a range of tasks, including but not limited to; processing invoices, setting up payment runs, completing supplier statement reconciliations and preparing aged creditor reports. The successful person for this role will need to have some knowledge of finance, so ideally someone who has a degree in a relevant qualification (such as Accounting and Finance) and ideally someone who has a bit of experience, potentially from some placement year experience. This role will work alongside the manager for the first few months of this role, then after 2-3 months, the management team are looking to encourage the successful person to take on more of an independent role within the business. This is great as you will get to make the role yours and be able to manage your workload the way you see this. This position is looking to start as soon as possible, so if you are immediately available or available on a short notice then keep reading Skills required Have a relevant qualification (such as an Accounting and Finance degree, or be AAT qualified) Have prior finance experience, this can be from some short-term contract experience during a university placement year Be a confident communicator, have the willingness to learn and the drive to take the next step in your career Be confident using Microsoft Excel as this role would really benefit from someone who is familiar with V-Lookups knowledge. What you will receive The opportunity to gain amazing exposure in a well-recognised business Take the next step in your career whilst working alongside qualified, experienced professionals that want to support your journey Be interacting with stakeholders at all levels of the business and fabulous, well-known clients Receive committed training in this exciting role to kick-start your career in Accounting. Summary If you are eager to get into your first finance role and believe that you meet the criteria above, then please apply now, we are looking for eager individuals looking to make the move into finance