Accounts Assistant - Temp to Perm - Fully Office Based

Accounts Assistant - Temp to Perm - Office Based

• Job Type: 3 Months Temp to Perm (Full-time, On-site)
• Location: Glasgow East End
• Pay Rate: £13 per hour

We are seeking an Accounts Assistant to join our client on a temp to perm basis. The role involves providing essential finance and administrative duties within a factory office environment. This is a full-time  position & the role requires on-site presence as it supports business activities directly related to the factory floor.

Day to Day of the role:

• Handling purchase and sales orders, managing the purchases and sales ledger, including payments and debt management
• Matching, batching & coding high volumes invoices on a daily basis
• Dealing with custom clearances 
• Generating sales analysis reports
• Assistant with preparation of regularly scheduled reports
• Addressing general customer and supplier queries alongside general office administration duties
• Potentially supervising and managing junior staff depending on experience
• Contributing to the improvement and automation of processes while managing regular business tasks
• Maintaining weekly churn calculations, stock balances, and oil ordering
• Managing weekly wage payroll and keeping records of factory holidays and sickness
• Conducting monthly factory pension analysis and customer order management
• Analysing debtors reports, including chasing overdue balances
• Overseeing general supplies ordering and haulier administration
• Tracking raw material purchases, invoicing, and monitoring payments
• Performing sales analysis and managing damages, including communication and returns

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Confident in using various systems and handling customer and supplier interactions
• Capable of managing a full workload and prioritising tasks effectively
• Experience with sales and purchase ordering, payments, and finance ledgers
• Strong office administration skills
• Openness to learning new tasks and taking on additional duties as needed
• Ability to adapt to and work within changing processes