This is a fantastic opportunity for a Trainee Accounts Assistant to join our client, a family-run company based near Slough. Working closely with a small and busy finance team, you will be responsible for purchase & sales ledger and general accounts administration.
£21,000 - £25,000 depending on experience, plus discretionary bonus
25 days holiday
Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5pm office-based near Slough.
Responsibilities:
*Maintaining and updating the Purchase Ledger - assisting with uploading, coding, approving, and processing all supplier invoices for upload onto Xero and Sage 50
*Processing invoices, assisting with accounts queries, creating reports and credit control
*Preparing and reconciling accounts and statements
*Preparing Payment runs for approval
*Accounts administration - setting up new suppliers and customers, reviewing employee expense claim forms, performing credit checks, and allocating cash receipts and payments
*Business support - dealing with external queries from suppliers and customers, and assisting with internal queries from operations, sales, marketing, and compliance teams
*Performing reconciliations, identifying, and correcting errors, checking invoices, and ensuring quality data processing at all times
*Prepping and providing invoice documentation required for VAT returns
Skills & Experience:
*Experience in finance, accounts payable or accounts receivables or looking to develop a career within accounts
*Great admin and organisational skills
*Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
*Intermediate excel skills (desirable)
*Experience using Xero accounting software also desirable
*Process oriented with ability to quickly learn in-house financial systems
*Ability to work on own, and in a team
Please note that we will only contact those candidates that we assess as suitable for the positions we have currently available based on their experience, training, and skills. If we do not have anything suitable, we will not keep your CV for more than 30 days.

As an equal opportunity employer, Bucks and Berks Recruitment is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.