🟢 Actively Hiring · 9d ago ⏳ Closes in 82 days 🇬🇧 UK Corridor 🛡️ UK Work Eligibility 🏢 FULL_TIME

Accounts Assistant - Accounts Payable & Receivable

🏢 Housing Direct · 📍 Eastbourne, England · 🕒 Oct 14, 2026 · Ref: OP-VERIF-C0A84843
Benchmark Compensation (Annual Base)
£25,000 - £28,000
£2,083 - £2,333 / mo
Apply Directly →
🛡️ Career Integrity & Compliance Audit
✓ Verified Opening

This opening is authenticated by Old. We enforce strict salary disclosure and guarantee zero processing or placement charges.

Employer Registration UK Companies House active entity
Wage Standards UK National Living Wage & Equality Act
Applicant Protections 100% Free direct candidate application
SPONSORED CAREER ADVISORY AD

Position Overview & Specifications

The successful candidate will have experience of working within a small busy Finance Team as well as being able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to work closely with non-finance staff.

The right candidate will be process-driven with a good degree of flexibility, initiative, and common sense. A team player with a positive outlook and a can-do attitude who can take ownership of a task and see it through to completion. As we use Xero, previous experience of this will be an advantage.

You will be a diligent self-starter, able to demonstrate organisational skills and a keen eye for detail. Reconciling ledgers, you will need to be confident in your abilities to communicate and solve problems as they arise.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

· Processing and analysing Purchase Ledger invoices.

· Providing information, resolving internal and external queries.

· Month-end purchase ledger procedures, reconciliations and analysis.

· Produce supplier payment runs each Friday morning.

· Manage internal and external queries.

· Debtor chasing, relationship management with our customers

· Resolving queries and updating Sales Invoices as and when required.

· Maintain and update supplier details on Xero

Essential Requirements:

· Experience in an Accounts Payable capacity.

· A sound understanding of accounting practices.

· Excellent communication skills, both verbal & written.

· Must be numerical and comfortable handling data.

· Capable of working within a busy team, so it is important that you are well organised and adaptable.

Job Types: Full-time, Freelance

Salary: £25,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Eastbourne: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

  • purchase ledger: 1 year (preferred)
  • Accounts payable: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

INTERNATIONAL TALENT PLACEMENT NETWORK SPONSORED

Ready to Apply for this Opportunity?

Submit your candidate profile directly. No intermediary fees, no recruiter lock-in.

Continue to Application → Browse More UK Jobs

Similar Verified Career Openings