Accounts Assistant

Job Title: Accounts Assistant
Location: Livingston
Contract: Full time, (Temporary, 9 months maternity cover)
Hourly rate: £12 – 14.50

AJ Connect is thrilled to be representing an exciting sports retail business, based in Livingston, for a Accounts Assistant position.

The postholder will be responsible for the monthly management accounts: purchase ledger, sales ledger, bank reconciliation, prepayments, and accruals.

The role is a perfect opportunity, for an immediately available Accounts Assistant looking to join an interesting sports retail business on a 9-month maternity cover basis.


Key Responsibilities will include:

• Prepayments & Accruals
• P&L / Balance Sheet make up
• Journal postings to nominal ledger
• Twice monthly run of posting purchase and sales invoices
• Central Invoice queries - liaise with suppliers
• Process BACS Payments Collections/Supplier Payments twice monthly
• Supplier statement reconciliation
• Turnover downloads for central invoice (quarterly after reconciliation)
• Setting up of new Partner/Supplier accounts
• Purchase Ledger Input
• Sales Ledger Input
• Bank Reconciliations
• Petty Cash Reconciliation
• Processing Staff Expenses
• Credit Card expenses - data input from receipts - journal
• Debtors - sending statements and chase if needed

Skills and Experience

• Experience working in a similar role essential
• High levels of accuracy
• Knowledge of accounting software
• Personable/friendly and professional
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent timekeeping
• Basic knowledge of VAT
• A solid understanding of Excel