Job Description

We're looking for a proactive and detail-driven Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team and play a key role in keeping our financial operations running smoothly. Working closely with the Management Accountant, you'll take ownership of day-to-day accounting activities while helping to deliver accurate month-end and year-end reporting. This is a hands-on role where you'll manage stock reporting, fixed asset and lease accounting, fuel and credit card postings, petty cash and expenses, account reconciliations, and support VAT returns and statutory filings. You'll also oversee a team of two in Purchase Ledger, ensuring invoices are processed accurately and on time, queries resolved quickly, supplier master data maintained, payment runs completed efficiently and discounts maximised, and supplier and inter-company accounts fully reconciled.

Role: Accounts Assistant aka Assistant Accountant, Finance Assistant, Finance Officer, Accounts Officer, Ledger Clerk, Junior Accountant, Bookkeeper

Location: Erith

Salary: 30k - 35k base salary plus great benefits

You'll bring experience in an Accounts Assistant, Assistant Accountant or Finance Assistant role. You will preferably be qualified to AAT Level 2 or above (or be working towards it). Strong accuracy and Excel skills, familiarity with SAP, excellent organisation, and the confidence to work both independently and collaboratively would be great.


In return, we offer a supportive environment where you can grow your finance career, with 23 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service, a pension aligned with auto-enrolment, a healthcare plan, and genuine opportunities for progression. If you're ready to take the next step in your accounting journey, we'd love to hear from you.