Accounts Assistant job description

Below is a typical job description for an Accounts Assistant which we hope you find useful. If you need any assistance with recruiting an Accounts Assistant in Lancashire or North Manchester we would love to hear from you.

An Accounts Assistants duties can vary massively depending on the turnover of the business and the team structure.  An Accounts Assistant will be expected to perform some or all of the following tasks:

  • Purchase ledger duties including processing invoices, dealing with and resolving supplier queries
  • Preparing the supplier payment runs
  • Credit control and sales ledger duties including chasing overdue customer accounts and cash allocation
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Processing expenses
  • Responsibility for the petty cash
  • Supporting the accounts team with any other transactional accounting duties