Accounts Assistant - Motor Trade - Wakefield Essentials (You Must Have)
- Proven experience supporting finance operations across multi-sites
- Strong capability in purchase ledger management and account reconciliation
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload effectively
As an Accounts Assistant, you will support the Volvo and Polestar 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
- Managing and reconciling petty cash
- Assisting with month‑end close processes and resolving related queries
- Purchase ledger: coding and inputting invoices and credit notes, reconciling supplier statements, running payments, and resolving supplier queries
- Responding promptly to internal and external finance queries
- Maintaining accurate financial records, documentation, and filing systems
About You
- Excellent numeracy skills with strong attention to detail
- 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
Experience:
- Accounting: 1 year (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location:
- In person
Please submit your CV via email to: ***email_hidden***
Ref: AAWAKE
Working Hours Full Time
Location Wakefield
Salary Dependent on Experience
Benefits 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
Closing Date 31/07/2026
Vacancy posted 13 days ago
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