We re looking for a proactive and detail-driven Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team and play a key role in keeping our financial operations running smoothly. Working closely with the Management Accountant, you ll take ownership of day-to-day accounting activities while helping to deliver accurate month-end and year-end reporting. This is a hands-on role where you ll manage stock reporting, fixed asset and lease accounting, fuel and credit card postings, petty cash and expenses, account reconciliations, and support VAT returns and statutory filings. You ll also oversee a team of two in Purchase Ledger, ensuring invoices are processed accurately and on time, queries resolved quickly, supplier master data maintained, payment runs completed efficiently and discounts maximised, and supplier and inter-company accounts fully reconciled.Role: Accounts Assistant aka Assistant Accountant, Finance Assistant, Finance Officer, Accounts Officer, Ledger Clerk, Junior Accountant, Bookkeeper Location: Erith Salary: £30k - £35k base salary plus great benefits You ll bring experience in an Accounts Assistant, Assistant Accountant or Finance Assistant role. You will preferably be qualified to AAT Level 2 or above (or be working towards it). Strong accuracy and Excel skills, familiarity with SAP, excellent organisation, and the confidence to work both independently and collaboratively would be great.In return, we offer a supportive environment where you can grow your finance career, with