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Accounts Assistant in Telford
Day to day in Telford
What an accounts assistant
does in Telford.
Studying AAT and want real ledger experience? This is it — invoices, reconciliations, VAT returns, all the transactional groundwork a finance team runs on. Here's what the role covers day to day for the Telford businesses we recruit for.
- Purchase ledger management, including invoice processing
- Statement reconciliations
- VAT return preparation
- Employee expense processing
- Sales ledger management, including credit control
- Bank reconciliations
- Spreadsheet-based reporting
- Petty cash maintenance
- Ad hoc support for senior management
What it pays in Telford
Real Telford market rates, not a national average.
Medior Accounts Assistant · Telford
£28,500 – £30,000
Typical: £29,500 per year
Medium-high confidence — strong regional evidence
Recruiting in Telford
Why Telford needs
a specialist.
Accounts Assistant recruitment in Telford works best with a genuine specialist, not a generalist agency treating it as one line among fifty other sectors. Day to day, that often means processing employee expenses — one of several things an accounts assistant in Telford is trusted to get right. Locally, that includes smes needing a sole-charge bookkeeper or accounts assistant. That's the whole point of a Market Expert model — real market knowledge of accounts assistant hiring in Telford, not a generic recruitment process.
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Common questions
Accounts Assistant in Telford FAQs.
What does an Accounts Assistant do day to day in Telford?+
Responsible for overseeing various company transactions whilst supporting senior management. Integral wherever workload and volume requires additional support — the ideal position when studying AAT.
Is an Accounts Assistant role in Telford permanent or temporary?+
Both — many Telford employers use temp-to-perm for an Accounts Assistant hire as a low-risk way to trial someone before committing.
Will I get a shortlist of CVs, or do you actually vet candidates for Accounts Assistant roles in Telford?+
Every candidate we put forward has been spoken to and assessed against your specific requirement — not just keyword-matched from a database. That's the difference a Market Expert model makes.
How much does an Accounts Assistant earn in Telford?+
Accounts Assistant salaries in Telford typically sit at £27.5k – £38k. Minimum wage rises keep pushing this bracket up — most entry-level finance roles now start around £27.5k. Study support toward AAT makes a real difference to the calibre of candidate you attract, with experienced bookkeepers reaching £38k.
How quickly can you fill an Accounts Assistant vacancy in Telford?+
Temporary cover can often be arranged within days. Permanent roles vary with seniority, but our shortlists are built from people we already know rather than a fresh keyword search, so they typically move faster than a generalist agency's.
What's the career progression after an Accounts Assistant role in Telford?+
A common next step from Accounts Assistant is assistant management accountant — where studying meets the real numbers. We see this progression play out for candidates in Telford just as often as anywhere else in our network.
Do you place Accounts Assistant candidates in Telford?+
Yes — Accounts Assistant is one of the positions we place in Telford, on both a permanent and temporary basis.
Do you place candidates studying towards a qualification into Accounts Assistant roles in Telford?+
Yes — part-qualified and studying candidates (AAT, ACCA or CIMA depending on the role) are a genuine part of the Accounts Assistant talent pool in Telford, not just an afterthought.
What kind of Telford employers hire Accounts Assistants through you?+
Recent examples include distribution and logistics employers across telford's business parks and manufacturing businesses established as part of the new town — the specific mix varies, but that's representative of who we work with in Telford.
How do you recruit Accounts Assistant roles in Telford without a local office?+
We work with Telford employers and candidates remotely for Accounts Assistant roles — video interviews and phone-based briefings, backed by the same vetting and market knowledge we use everywhere else.
Do you offer working interviews for Accounts Assistant vacancies in Telford?+
Yes — a working interview means the candidate spends a real day in the role, on your systems, with your actual workload, before either side commits. It's one of the ways we take the risk out of a new hire in Telford.
What makes Transaction Recruitment different from a generalist agency for Accounts Assistant roles in Telford?+
We recruit transactional finance and payroll specifically, not as one line among fifty sectors — that focus means genuinely knowing the Telford market for Accounts Assistant roles, the going rate, and who's actually looking.
Do you recruit Accounts Assistant roles for SMEs as well as large employers in Telford?+
Yes — we work with everyone from internationally recognised brands through to owner-managed SMEs in Telford needing a single, sole-charge Accounts Assistant hire.
Do you charge candidates for Accounts Assistant roles in Telford?+
No — there's never a cost to candidates. For employers, our fee is only payable on a successful placement.
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