Accounts Assistant

CMA Recruitment Group • Temporary • Reading, Reading, England, United Kingdom • £15 - £18 / hour • 1d ago

CMA Recruitment Group is seeking a Payroll and Finance Coordinator to join our client on a temporary basis to support a particularly busy period. This business has a service-focused culture where accuracy and responsiveness are highly valued.

Working primarily on-site in Reading, you will help deliver a dependable monthly payroll process and maintain the sales ledger, supporting internal teams and resolving queries with confidence. This role would suit someone who can hit the ground running, work independently and bring strong double-entry bookkeeping knowledge alongside advanced Excel skills.

What will the Payroll and Finance Coordinator role involve?

Preparing and processing the monthly payroll, ensuring accurate data input and timely payments
Administering pension-related processes and supporting regular internal and external reporting requirements
Maintaining the sales ledger, including invoice processing, query resolution and low-level debtor management
Updating cashbooks and posting daily cash transactions to the ledgers, including performing bank reconciliations
Supporting month-end close activities and assisting with audit preparation and ad hoc finance tasks

Suitable Candidate for the Payroll and Finance Coordinator vacancy:

Proven payroll experience, ideally within an education setting or a similarly complex environment with varied pay elements
Strong double-entry bookkeeping experience and a confident approach to month-end procedures and control checks
Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to build, cleanse and manipulate spreadsheets effectively
Clear written and verbal communication skills, with a customer-focused approach to stakeholder queries
Comfortable working autonomously, prioritising workload and delivering consistently accurate outputs

Additional benefits and information:

Salary dependent on experience
Flexible option to work either full-time or part-time on-site
On-site parking available
Structured interim handover with support from the finance team
Working environment focused on accuracy, confidentiality and teamwork

CMA Recruitment Group is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. CMA complies with all relevant UK legislation and does not discriminate on any protected characteristics. By completing the application process, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Notice and that CMA may contact you in connection with your application in relation to CMA providing you with work finding services. Our Privacy Notice can be viewed under the privacy tab on our website. CMA is currently receiving a high volume of applications. Whilst all applications are considered, regrettably, it may not be possible to respond individually to all applications received.

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