Accounts Assistant – Sage 50
💰 £30,000 – £33,000 per year
📍 Stoke-on-Trent
⏰ 8:30am – 4:30pm (Office Based)
🏖️ 20 days holiday + bank holidays
🏢 Office-based | Permanent
We are currently recruiting for an Accounts Assistant to join a small and friendly finance team. This is a varied, hands-on role where you will support the wider finance function and be involved across a range of accounts and administrative duties.
The Role
You will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day running of the finance office, working across Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger, invoicing, reconciliations and credit control.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting Sales and Purchase Ledger
- Processing invoices and credits
- Reconciling accounts
- Dealing with customer and supplier queries
- Credit control and chasing outstanding payments
- Taking customer payments
- Maintaining accurate financial records
- General finance administration
- Supporting the wider office administration function
About You
We are looking for someone with previous office-based finance/accounts experience who is confident working across a varied workload.
Essential:
- Previous accounts/finance experience
- Strong Sage 50 experience – essential
- Good Excel/Microsoft Office skills
- Good attention to detail
- Strong organisational skills
- Able to prioritise and manage your own workload
- Comfortable working independently and as part of a small team
- Good communication skills
This would suit an Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant, Accounts Administrator or Accounts Clerk looking for a stable, varied role within a small team.
📩 Interested? Apply or send your CV to peter@appointmentspersonnel.co.uk

