Accounts Assistant

Job Title: Accounts Assistant

Location: Office-based Shoeburyness
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Working hours: 08 00 or 09 30 (1-hour lunch break)
Salary: Competitive (dependent on experience)

About Us
We are a well-established, family-run road transport business based in Shoeburyness. In recent years the business has expanded, and we are now in a period of positive change as we review our systems and adapt to new technologies and business needs.

Our finance function is being refreshed as part of this process, and we are looking for an Accounts Assistant who is not only comfortable with core accounts work, but who is also open-minded, proactive, and keen to be part of an evolving business.

The Role
This is a hands-on accounts role supporting the Financial Director and wider office team. This role would suit someone who takes pride in the calibre of their work, is receptive to change, and enjoys looking for logical, efficient ways to improve how tasks are carried out.

Key Responsibilities

- Sales & Purchase Invoicing

• Preparing invoice sheets from completed jobs
• Raising and issuing sales invoices
• Raising and managing purchase invoices
• Responding to customer and supplier invoice queries

- Costing & Analysis

• Analysing parking sheets by customer and allocating costs to cost sheets
• Posting agency driver costs to cost sheets
• Analysing fuel invoices by department
• Maintaining accurate records to support reporting and cost control

- Intercompany & Period Tasks

• Raising monthly intercompany invoices
• Supporting periodic finance tasks as required

- Support to Financial Director

• Providing day-to-day support to the Financial Director
• Acting as cover for certain finance tasks during periods of absence

- Payroll (Emergency Cover)

• Having a basic understanding of payroll
• Ability to process payroll in case of emergency

About You

• Previous experience in an accounts or finance administration role
• Comfortable working with sales and purchase invoices
• Highly conscientious, with strong attention to detail
• Logical thinker with an interest in understanding how the wider business functions
• Open, receptive, and adaptable to change
• A can-do attitude with a willingness to suggest improvements
• Confident using accounting systems and Excel
• Able to work independently within a small office environment

Desirable (but not essential):

• Experience with in haulage, transport, or logistics
• Experience working through system or process changes

What We Offer

• A stable, full-time role within a growing family-run business
• Opportunity to evolve alongside the business as systems, technology, and processes develop
• A supportive office environment where ideas and suggestions are welcomed
• Long-term role for someone who wants to be part of a business adapting to modern ways of working
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Health Cash Plan which allows you access and financial support for dental, optical, physiotherapy, health screenings and plenty more as well as 24/7 GP access.
• Free on site parking