Accounts Assistant - AAT

Finance Assistant / Accounts Assistant / Accounts Trainee – Hybrid - Ferndown - near Bournemouth in Dorset - with AAT Study Support

Ready to kickstart your Finance career? Join our clients amazing Finance Team, based in Ferndown, Dorset. Become part of this exciting leisure company who are looking to grow the Finance team.

This is a superb accounts assistant job for someone seeking their first job in accounts or maybe has some basic accounts administration experience - ie Purchase Ledger who enjoys detail, problem-solving, and transactional accounting and wants to keep learning over time. This Accounts Assistant Job will offer AAT study support (after probation) and you will gain "hands-on" accountancy experience whilst working in a supportive, friendly, professional and fast paced environment.

What you’ll be doing:

• Processing invoices and reconciling supplier statements - purchase ledger
• Making supplier payments in GBP and foreign currencies
• Reconciling credit card payments
• Preparing daily bank reconciliations
• Assisting with cashflow, month-end, and year-end tasks
• Helping clients, agents, and suppliers with queries
• Using Excel to formula level

What we’re looking for:

• A genuine interest in Finance (and enthusiasm to start AAT or keep studying to completion)
• Maybe a Finance & Accountancy Graduate seeking first job?
• Basic understanding of bookkeeping or accounting principles
• Confident with Excel
• Accurate, detail-focused, and good with numbers
• A proactive team player who’s motivated to keep learning!

Why you’ll enjoy working for this company:

• Hybrid working (office in Ferndown) - 3 days office approximately.
• Full AAT study support (after probation) + training
• Flexible and amazing team and down to earth management team
• Clear opportunities to develop your career
• Employee discounts
• Able to keep learning within accountancy
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Company pension
• Fun, hard-working and flexible culture!

This is your chance to turn your interest in Finance into a rewarding career — with support, training, and some great benefits along the way. This role would very much suit an individual on their AAT career pathway.

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