Riverside Motor Group
Accounts Assistant - Wakefield
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Accounts Assistant - Motor Trade - Wakefield
Essentials (You Must Have)
- Proven experience supporting finance operations across multi-sites
- Strong capability in ledger management and account reconciliation
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload effectively
As an Accounts Assistant, you will support our brands by carrying out a wide range of core finance tasks, including managing sales and purchase ledgers, processing transactions, reconciling accounts, and assisting with month-end activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Sales ledger duties: posting bank transactions, credit control, and following up debtor queries with departmental managers and customers
- Nominal ledger: posting bank, intercompany and other nominal ledger journals
- Assisting with month-end close processes and resolving related queries on all ledgers, vehicles, sales and purchase
- Responding promptly to internal and external finance queries, checking and paying urgent payment requests and customer settlements
- Maintaining accurate financial records, documentation, and filing systems
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About You
- Excellent numeracy skills with strong attention to detail
- Minimum of Level 2 AAT qualified
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word)
- Experience working under pressure while maintaining high levels of accuracy
- Confident handling queries face-to-face, over the phone, and via email
- Previous experience in a similar Accounts Assistant role, ideally within a fast-paced, multi-site business
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Why Riverside?
- Competitive salary
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)
- Employee CBS scheme
- Staff discounts
- Bonus
- Prestige workspace
- Refer a friend
- Cycle to work scheme
- Career opportunities across the Group
Working Hours
- Monday-Friday - 08:30-17:00pm (40 hours per week)
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Experience
- Accounting: 1 year (required)
Work Authorisation
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location:
- In person
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