Role: Accounts Assistant Location: Barnsley, S75 1JN (Hybrid working with min. 2 office days per week) Salary: £26,5000 per annum (pro-rata) Role Type: 6-month Fixed Term Contract (possibility of extension to 12 months) and Full-Time, 37 hours per week - Monday to Friday Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, paid birthday day off, Westfield health cashback plan, generous pension scheme, flexible working hours, life assurance, enhanced maternity and paternity benefits, buy/sell annual leave, charitable giving and much, much more Ancala Water Services is a private utilities company providing clean and wastewater services to over 1,000 Ministry of Defence establishments across England and Wales. Our aim is to revolutionise the operation of the water services industry, but we need top talent to help us achieve this. Were proud of our positive work culture which is built on trust, respect and teamwork so if this role fits with your skill and experience, wed love to hear from you The purpose of this role is to provide a valuable support service to the Finance team, with particular focus on the purchase and sales ledger. You will provide a central point of contact for internal and external customers, along with our varied supplier base and be responsible for ensuring our ledger processes are adhered to. Role Responsibilities: Purchase invoice, intercompany invoice and credit note entry and matching to purchase order receipts / GL coding on Cloud Financials BACs end-to-end process for weekly payment runs, ensuring the timing of invoices are managed to meet agreed supplier payment terms Ensure the volume of non-PO invoices are minimised and authorised according to the correct AWS Delegated Authority Limits Supplier queries key point of contact for supplier queries managing the accounts payable shared email account and the supplier phone line Month end PL to GL reconciliation and PL invoice accrual for invoices with unreceipted orders Raising all sales invoices for 2000 primarily domestic utility customers and also monthly low volume but large value MOD and commercial activity and intercompany recharges Processing all income from credit cards, electronic banking and cheques on appropriate systems to ensure prompt allocation to accounts / invoices Manage and maintain the BACs Direct Debit and mandate on system and manage the processing of the twice monthly Direct Debit runs in compliance with the Direct Debit rules Balance Sheet reconciliations Tax service liaison and production of VAT and CIS returns and relevant payment requests What Youll Need: Previous experience within a similar role The ability to operate independently for all business-as-usual activities Strong organisational skills to ensure duties are planned and completed on time Previous experience in purchase ledger and sales ledger, performing Bank reconciliation and Tax returns Experience of a windows based financial information system with integrated sales and purchase ledgers IT and MS Office literacy to an Intermediate standard, particularly Excel (simple pivot tables, data lookups, simple IF statements and data sorting / summation) Excellent telephone manner to deal confidently with suppliers & Customers About you: Due to the nature of sites on which we operate, the successful candidate must: Meet the security clearance requirements for the role which includes, but is not limited to, the successful candidate being a full-time resident of the UK for the past 5 years