Job description
Accounts Assistant + Payroll
Lead payroll. Own purchase ledger. Grow your finance career.
Join a Belfast-based business as an Accounts Assistant (Payroll Lead)-you'll take ownership of weekly payroll and support purchase ledger, with scope to broaden your role over time.
What's in it for you?
Belfast location (office-based, Castlereagh) with set hours: Mon-Thu 8-5, Fri 8-4 (41.5 hrs)
Lead the weekly payroll process end-to-end and build wider finance skills
Excellent package
About your next employer
A well-established organisation with on-the-ground operations and a collaborative finance team. You'll work alongside another Accounts Assistant and be the go-to for weekly payroll while contributing to AP and month-end support.
About you
Strong end-to-end payroll experience (weekly cycles)
Purchase Ledger experience with accounting software; comfortable with journal entries and nominal codes
Excellent Excel skills; high attention to detail; organised and deadline-driven; proactive team player
Desirable: Sage Payroll, CIS knowledge, experience in a construction environment, and NetSuite
What you'll do
Lead weekly payroll: gather inputs, process in Sage Payroll, post journals, and manage employee payments
Support Purchase Ledger: invoice entry/coding, payments, and supplier communications
Provide cover for month-end: supplier reconciliations and payment runs; general office/admin tasks as required
For further information on this vacancy, or any other Accountancy & Finance job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Chanel Gillen in the strictest confidence.
