Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant Permanent Opportunity £27,500 per annum Gillingham - Office Based (5 Days Per Week) We''re supporting a rapidly growing, multi-site retail business that is looking to add an Accounts Assistant to its established finance team. This is a busy, hands-on transactional finance role with a particular focus on the sales ledger and Accounts Receivable. You''ll be responsible for processing and allocating high volumes of payments, completing reconciliations, dealing with refunds and investigating discrepancies to ensure accounts remain accurate. The role will also provide some exposure to Accounts Payable and Credit Control, giving you a good breadth of experience across transactional finance. We''re looking for someone who already has a solid grounding in AR or Sales Ledger and enjoys working with numbers, solving queries and keeping things organised. What You''ll Be Doing You''ll work closely with the wider finance and operational teams to keep day-to-day transactions running smoothly across a busy, multi-site organisation. Your responsibilities will include: Process and allocate customer payments, receipts, remittances and credit notes Prepare and process customer refunds, ensuring appropriate checks and approvals are completed Complete regular customer, bank and control account reconciliations Investigate unmatched payments, account differences and outstanding balances Maintain accurate sales ledger records and ensure accounts are kept up to date Review aged ..... full job details .....