Permanent
Accounts Assistant
Kemp Recruitment Ltd
Northampton
Posted: 21 August 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 20 September 2026
Ref: 225521734
Job Title: Accounts Assistant
Location: Northampton
Salary: Up to -29,705 per annum
Hours: Monday to Friday Days
We are currently looking for an experienced Accounts Assistant to join my clients team in Northampton. This is a varied and rewarding role where you''ll play a key part in managing the purchase ledger and credit control functions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Matching, batching, and coding a high volume of invoices
- Performing supplier statement reconciliations and maintaining P&L balance integrity
- Resolving supplier invoice and purchase order queries efficiently
- Managing customer invoicing and collection of all revenue
- Resolving customer invoice and order queries within agreed timescales
- Maintaining the daily cashbook
- Assisting with month-end accounting processes
- Preparing supplier payments
- Supporting the wider finance team with general accounting duties
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in Purchase Ledger
- Proven Credit Control experience
- Accounts Payable experience
- Intermediate Excel skills
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong organisational skills and reliability
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Professional communication and presentation skills
- Knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping
- Experience using Windows-based accounting systems, ideally Access Dimensions
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
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- 25 days annual leave plus your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year''s Eve off
- Option to buy or sell up to one week''s holiday
- Competitive pension contribution of up to 10%
- Profit Related Pay scheme
- Share Save Scheme with discounted company shares
- Enhanced family-friendly policies
- Life Assurance and Personal Accident Cover
- Employee discounts on shopping, travel, entertainment, and more
- One paid volunteering day each year
For more information or to discuss this opportunity in confidence, contact Macy at Kemp Recruitment.
Reference:-INDMM
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