Senior Account Assistant (General Accounting)

Exciting new opportunity in travel retail, supporting a fast-paced retail and food service business, where every day brings new opportunities to grow and make an impact!

Job purpose:

The primary purpose of this role is to take ownership of the more complex accounting and clerical tasks related to the efficient maintenance and processing of accounting for the UK & Irelandbusiness, acting as a first point of escalation for non-standard queries and providing guidance to junior team members.

Contract: 37.5 hours per week

Benefits:

Simplyhealth cash plan, Retail Trust, life insurance, andup to 25% in-store discounts

Key Responsibilities:

Accounts Payable

• Process supplier invoices: coding, VAT treatment, and approvals routing.
• Maintain the AP inbox and respond to supplier queries professionally.
• Prepare fortnightly payment runs: collate approved invoices, check supplier details, andsupport final reviews.
• Set up and maintain supplier records (bank details verification, documentation, compliancechecks).
• Check supplier statements.

Accounts Receivable

• Raise customer invoices/credit notes based on approved data.
• Allocate customer receipts and chase overdue balances as needed.
• Support query resolution with internal teams and customers

Bank & Cash

• Perform daily/weekly bank postings and bank reconciliations; investigate and resolve unreconciled items promptly.
• Support expense reconciliations

General Finance Admin

• Keep finance files and registers up to date (suppliers, customers, fixed assets, AP/AR ledgers).
• Help with audit requests (samples, copies, explanations).
• Lead small process and documentation improvement initiatives across the finance team.

Team Support & Process Ownership

• Act as a first point of escalation for complex supplier, customer, or reconciliation queries.
• Review the work of more junior Accounts Assistants for accuracy prior to posting orpayment.
• Support the onboarding and on-the-job training of new finance team members.
• Take ownership of month-end close tasks across AP and AR, including accruals and balancesheet reconciliations, and deputise for the Accounting Manager as required.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in an accounts/finance administration role, withdemonstrable progression of responsibility.
• Experience using SAP desirable.
• Experience of dealing with a large volume of complex invoices.
• Experience of dealing with multi-currency.
• Experience reviewing the work of, or providing guidance to, junior finance team membersdesirable.

Key Skills:

• Good understanding of double-entry, invoicing, and reconciliations.
• Solid Excel skills (filters, lookups, pivots desirable).
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy under time pressure.
• Clear, professional communication with both internal teams and externalsuppliers/customers.
• Able to work autonomously, prioritise a varied workload, and confidently review the work ofothers.
• Fluent in English

We welcome and consider all applicants regardless of their background and can ensure all candidates will receive a fair and equal treatment.

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