Job Description

Sewell Wallis is delighted to be working on a fantastic new opportunity for an immediately available candidate to join a Sheffield-based organisation on a Fixed Term Contract up until the end of 2025. There is an option to work on either a part time or full time basis, as part of the Accounts Receivable team.
This Accounts Receivable Assistant role will cover areas across the accounts receivable function for the organisation, ensuring all monies are recorded accurately. You will be supporting the finance team to deliver the finance strategy across the organisation. You will be responsible for ensuring the integrity of cash and banking data into the finance system and compliance with relevant policies, procedures and controls.
What will you be doing?

• Recording of daily bank transactions onto the cash book (or equivalent), documenting reconciliation back to the statement and filing of appropriate documentation. Ensuring anomalies / missing documentation is followed up on and that all transactions are posted to the finance system on at least a weekly basis.
• Processing of online faster payments, obtaining authorisation as required and arranging transfers between accounts as required to ensure there are adequate funds for the payment to clear.
• Administration, maintenance and development of the systems needed to record cash & card transactions.
• Carry out periodic counts of the main finance safes and ad-hoc checks of departmental safes/petty cash.
• Responsibility for ensuring that procedure & processing notes are reviewed in line with activities and updates provided on at least an annual basis and in line with any process changes agreed.
• Assisting the Senior Accountant - Accounts Receivable & Credit Control with month end duties, reconciliation and query resolution as required.
• Maintain effective communication with Finance colleagues and colleagues throughout the organisation to ensure an excellent and consistent Finance service provision.
• Ensure weekly till transactions are recorded correctly into the finance system, with supporting paperwork collected & electronically filed as required. Liaise with the till software key contact / IT to resolve queries raised by till operators.

What skills are we looking for?

• Previous experience in Accounts Receivable/similar finance role.
• Good working knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Applications
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, varied role

What's on offer?
The following benefits are available for permanent employees:

• Flexible working, Part Time + Full time applications considered.
• Study Support
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years)
• Christmas shutdown
• Enhanced pension contributions

Send us your CV below or contact Lawrie Bacon for more information.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.
Job ref: LB/6114Post Date: 04.08.25
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