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 requested and customer settlements.
• Maintaining accurate financial records, documentation, and filing systems.

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

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