Focus Group

Telecoms, IT, and cybersecurity solutions provider

Accounts Assistant

Accounts Payable/ReceivableUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeWilmslow, UK

About the Job

Requirements

At least 2 years’ experience in a finance role.
Experience with accounting systems or enterprise resource planning software.
A good understanding of accounts payable processes and typical purchase ledger tasks.
Confidence running control reports, such as aged creditors and debtors, or cashbook reconciliations.
Good numerical ability, strong organisation, and the ability to meet deadlines.
Microsoft Office skills, including Excel.

Responsibilities

Maintain the supplier ledger, including setting up new suppliers, processing invoices and purchase orders, and reconciling supplier statements.
Help prepare supplier, expenses, partner, and customer refund payment runs, and send remittance advices.
Process expenses and reconcile company credit card postings.
Keep in touch with suppliers’ accounts teams.
Maintain the cashbook, including daily bank entries, bank reconciliations, and allocating customer payments.
Support the Management Accountant with balance sheet reconciliations, journals, and control reports.
Follow policies, procedures, and controls to maintain accurate data and reduce margin leakage in support of year-on-year earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation growth.
Support the wider Finance team in delivering key outputs accurately and on time, and help with general administration across the business.
Carry out general administration and office management tasks to support the smooth running of the business.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in the telecommunications industry.
A foundation-level accounting qualification.
Experience using Sage or Microsoft Dynamics.

Accounts Assistant

Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire (hybrid working)
Salary: £27,000 to £29,000 basic, plus Bonus
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

Introduction

Zest4 is a channel-focused wholesale provider of Unified Communications solutions (bringing calls, messaging and video meetings together in one place) for resellers across the UK. Founded in 2013 and based in Cheshire, we help our partners embrace new communications technology solutions.

We’re looking for an Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team in Wilmslow. Reporting to the Management Accountant, you’ll help keep our ledgers accurate and up to date, supporting the monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations (including between group companies) and the VAT (Value Added Tax) return. Accuracy, good organisation and a friendly approach with suppliers are key. In return, you’ll get excellent training and development, with the full support of the Zest4 management team.

Maintain the supplier ledger, including setting up new suppliers, processing invoices and purchase orders, and reconciling supplier statements
Help prepare supplier, expenses, partner and customer refund payment runs, and send remittance advices
Process expenses and reconcile company credit card postings
Keep in touch with suppliers’ accounts teams
Maintain the cashbook, including daily bank entries, bank reconciliations and allocating customer payments
Support the Management Accountant with balance sheet reconciliations, journals and control reports
Make sure policies, procedures and controls are followed, so our data stays accurate and we reduce margin leakage to support year-on-year EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) growth
Support the wider Finance team to deliver key outputs accurately and on time, and help with general administration across the business
General administration and office management tasks to support the smooth running of the business.

Essential

At least 2 years’ experience in a finance role
Experience of accounting systems or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software
A good understanding of accounts payable processes and typical purchase ledger tasks
Confidence running control reports, such as aged creditors and debtors, or cashbook reconciliations
Good with numbers, with strong organisation and the ability to meet deadlines
Excellent communication skills and a positive approach to managing your workload
Microsoft Office skills, including Excel

Desirable

Experience in the telecommunications industry
A foundation level accounting qualification
Experience using Sage or Microsoft Dynamics

About the Company

Focus Group

Telecoms, IT, and cybersecurity solutions provider

Focus Group is a UK technology services provider offering telecoms, connectivity, IT, cybersecurity, mobile services, and energy as a single package for businesses. It supports hosted or on-premise phone systems, VoIP, and Microsoft Teams integration, plus managed IT services, cloud (e.g., Microsoft 365), and disaster recovery, with a single bill and one point of contact. The company stands out by partnering with multiple network providers to tailor flexible, competitively priced bundles rather than relying on one vendor, and it has grown through active M&A with private equity backing. Its goal is to simplify technology management for UK organizations by providing an integrated, end-to-end solution for communications, IT, and security needs.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding: $28.1M
Headquarters: Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom
Founded: 2004

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