Senior Accounts Assistant – Temporary

Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire
Salary: Up to £18.00 per hour
Contract: Temporary, minimum 3 months with potential to extend
Hours: 35–40 hours per week
Working Pattern: Fully office-based

The Opportunity

Macildowie are working with a well-established business in Hinckley to recruit an experienced Senior Accounts Assistant to join their small finance team on an initial three-month temporary assignment.

Reporting directly to the Head of Finance, this is a broad and hands-on role combining core transactional finance responsibilities with wider month-end accounting support.

The transactional side of the role remains a key part of the position, so they need someone who is confident and happy getting involved with purchase ledger, sales ledger, payments, credit control and reconciliations.

Alongside this, the successful candidate must also be able to support with core accounting duties including journals, accruals, prepayments and creditors/debtors reconciliations. Any additional month-end, reporting, payroll or wider accounting experience would be a real advantage.

This would suit an experienced Senior Accounts Assistant, Assistant Accountant or strong all-round Finance Assistant who enjoys a varied role and is comfortable supporting across both transactional and month-end finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Coding and processing purchase ledger invoices.

• Preparing and processing supplier payment runs.

• Processing and allocating customer receipts and supplier payments.

• Managing purchase ledger and sales ledger activity.

• Credit control and debtor management.

• Bank reconciliations.

• Supplier statement reconciliations.

• Reviewing and processing credit card and cash expenses.

• Preparing and posting journals.

• Preparing and posting accruals and prepayments.

• Completing creditors and debtors reconciliations.

• Supporting with balance sheet reconciliations.

• Assisting the Head of Finance with month-end and year-end processes.

• Completing intercompany reconciliations.

• Supporting internal and external audit requests.

• Assisting with financial reports and ad hoc analysis.

• Contributing to finance system and process improvements.

• Supporting with payroll where required, although previous payroll experience is not essential.

The Ideal Candidate

• Strong experience across transactional finance, including purchase ledger, sales ledger, payments and reconciliations.

• Comfortable and willing to remain hands-on with day-to-day transactional responsibilities.

• Previous experience supporting month-end processes.

• Must have experience with journals, accruals and prepayments.

• Experience completing creditors and debtors reconciliations.

• Strong Excel and general Microsoft Office skills.

• Excellent attention to detail and organisational ability.

• Confident working independently within a small finance team.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Able to prioritise effectively and work to deadlines.

• AAT qualified/part-qualified, CIMA part-qualified or equivalent QBE would be beneficial.

• Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Navision or Business Central experience would be advantageous.

• Sage Payroll or wider payroll experience would be a bonus, but is not essential.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced finance professional who is comfortable with the detail of transactional finance but can also offer broader accounting support across journals, accruals, prepayments, reconciliations and month-end.

The broader your all-round finance and month-end experience, the better.

Apply now with your latest CV for immediate consideration.