Accounts Assistant

Salary: £26,000 – £27,600 per year

Accounts Assistant, Carlisle, Cumbria
£26,000 – £27,600 per year

MacArthur Recruitment is working on behalf of a successful technical services company who, due to retirement, are looking for an Accounts Assistant to become part of their friendly, hardworking team, working closely with management and other areas of the company as and when required.

Soft skills required for the role of Accounts Assistant:

* A clear and concise telephone manner

* Enthusiastic, with good communication skills

* Flexible approach to your work.

* Reliable and able to work both with and without guidance

* Highly organised with good attention to detail

* Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues throughout the company

* Ability to work to deadlines

Skills required for the role of Accounts Assistant:

* Previous experience of working in an account’s role

* Experience within a finance department / knowledge of the tasks

* Using accountancy package(s)

* Credit control

* Organise direct debit collection

* Resolving accounts queries

* Sales invoicing

* Manage/update contracts

* Sales and purchase ledger

* Strong administration skills

* Entry and processing of purchase invoices

* Update cashbooks for payments and receipts

* IT literate

* Using Microsoft Word/Excel

* Answering telephone and emails

Why work for our client as an Accounts Assistant?

* Working with a good company, with a strong pipeline of further work

* Salary of between £26,000 – £27,600

* 20 days holiday + BH’s (growing to 25 days holiday + BH’s)

For more information, or to apply for the position of Accounts Assistant, please contact Ewen on ewen at macarthurrecruitment co uk, ideally with a copy of your CV.

At MacArthur Recruitment we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our customers. We collect your information for the purposes of providing job-finding services only, and do not sell, rent or trade lists with other companies for marketing purposes.

We don’t collect cookies on our website, or use analytical tools to monitor visitor behaviour. We believe that if you want to get in touch with us, you will.
Any information you provide to us on your CV or via a job board is kept securely on our database and is shared with any potential employer only after you have given permission for us to do so.

To find details on how we use this information, please read our privacy policy which can be found at www macarthurrecruitment co uk, where you can also find details of how to contact our Data Protection Lead, Stephanie Harding, should you wish to exercise your rights to view, amend, or delete the personal information that we hold.