Accounts Assistant

Job description

We are seeking a proactive and driven individual to join our team as an Accounts Assistant. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, capable of working independently, and possess excellent communication skills to effectively engage with both internal and external stakeholders. The ability to convey financial information clearly to individuals with varying levels of understanding is essential.

This role is well suited to someone with experience in the tasks outlined below or an individual at the early stages of their accounting career. For the right candidate, there is an opportunity to receive financial support towards achieving an accountancy qualification, such as AAT, with the potential to pursue further training upon completion.

• Take ownership of the cashbook postings. Ensure daily posting of items and conduct thorough investigations into any unallocated items.
• Generate sales invoices for clients promptly upon receiving instructions from the NOS team and other internal sources.
• Prepare and distribute monthly statements for clients with outstanding debts.
• Monitor debtor balances and actively pursue overdue payments beyond issuing monthly statements. Escalate problematic accounts as needed and work towards reducing outstanding debtors.
• Provide support to the wider organisation as required, particularly in tasks like those listed above, but for other entities.

• Ability to prioritise and organise own workload to ensure that deadlines are adhered to.
• Ability to work under pressure and without supervision.
• Ability to liaise with colleagues, working as a team.
• Ability to develop and sustain relationships with both internal and external customers.
• Capable and confident written English skills.
• Confident and effective telephone skills.
• Confident numeracy skills.
• Good attention to detail.

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with

TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Tamworth

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

11-05-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English