Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant £28,000 - £30,000 Preston + Hybrid High-growth, acquisitive business Friendly and supportive management team

Axon Moore are partnering with a high-growth, acquisitive business in Preston to recruit an experienced Accounts Assistant to join their friendly and dynamic team. This varied position is perfect for an 'all-rounder' within accounts who's seeking to take ownership and autonomy of their role and join a growing business driven by a supportive management team.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Full ownership of the purchase ledger

• End-to-end responsibility across sales ledger and credit control

• Raising sales invoices and accurately distributing

• Proactively chasing overdue accounts for payment

• Allocating cash onto the system

• Internal liaison regarding overdue debtors and queries

• Matching and coding of purchase invoices

• Payment runs

• Supplier statement recs

• Processing employee expenses and company credit cards

• Bank reconciliations

• Ensure adherence to internal policies and controls

• Sickness and leave cover across the team

• Ad-hoc duties as and when required Required Experience and Skills:

• At least 2 years' experience in a similar role

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Good organisational and time-keeping skills

• High attention to detail and able to take ownership of their role

• Good IT and MS Excel skills Benefits:

• 23 days annual leave (rising to 25) plus bank holidays

• Hybrid working (3:2 office/home)

• Enhanced mat/pat leave

• Healthcare schemes

• Company pension

• 3x Life Assurance

• Staff discounts

• Free on-site parking "Our local Lancashire Axon Moore team recruit all accounting and finance roles from CFO to transactional finance on both a temporary and permanent basis. For more information about this role or our wider team, please see our website at ". INDFIN