Senior Accounts Assistant - Finance Operations

Application Deadline: 17 July 2026

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Compensation: £32,000 - £33,000 / year

Description

Join our Finance Department as a Senior Accounts Assistant - Finance Operations!

We are Cintra. Known for our award-winning software that delivers payroll solutions to over 1000 clients. If you're passionate about payroll and are eager to join a dynamic team of seasoned professionals, this is the opportunity for you.

As the proud recipient of the Payroll Service Provider of the Year 2025 award at the CIPP Annual Excellence Awards, we offer exciting opportunities for professional development, competitive bonus structures, and a collaborative work environment.

Our modern offices are located in Hoults Yard, nestled on the outskirts of the vibrant Ouseburn Valley. This area boasts a thriving creative community, rich local heritage, and a lively social scene.

Why This Role Is Different

If you get real satisfaction from a clean reconciliation, cannot help but spot where a process could work better, and are the person colleagues trust when they hit a wall, this role was built for you. As Senior Accounts Assistant in our Finance Operations team, you will own a broad range of transactional accounting responsibilities, lead the billing process end to end, and be the first point of escalation for the AR/AP team. You will also be part of a team actively embracing AI and smarter ways of working, and we want someone who is genuinely excited by that.

Own transactional accounting duties including AP, AR, reconciliations and journal postings, maintaining accuracy and consistency across everything you touch
Take the lead on billing, ensuring invoices are raised correctly, on time and fully reconciled to reported income
Carry out thorough reconciliations across bank accounts, supplier statements and intercompany balances, investigating discrepancies and seeing them through to resolution
Be the first point of escalation for AR/AP queries, providing clear guidance and practical training to team members
Identify process improvements and actively contribute to the Finance team's continuous improvement agenda
Build deep expertise in Sage Intacct and use AI tools to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy across the function

What We’re Looking For

You are precise and methodical by nature, but you do not just keep your head down. You take ownership of your responsibilities, communicate financial information clearly to people at every level, and you are genuinely curious about how things could work better. You are calm and reliable in a team that depends on accuracy every single day.

Essential

Proven transactional finance experience covering AP, AR or similar, with a strong track record of accuracy and attention to detail
Strong reconciliation skills across multiple datasets, with the confidence to investigate discrepancies and resolve them without being prompted
Good understanding of accounting principles and statutory requirements
Intermediate Excel skills including formulas, lookups and data manipulation
Clear communication skills, with the ability to explain financial information to non-finance colleagues in plain terms
A genuine appetite for using AI and emerging tools to work more accurately and efficiently
Experience creating and maintaining process documentation, with a mindset for continuous improvement

Desirable

Experience with Sage Intacct or a comparable cloud-based accounting system
Experience guiding or mentoring colleagues in a transactional finance team
Exposure to external audit processes

What we offer

At Cintra we know our colleagues are our biggest asset and an investment in them is an investment into the company. We offer:

Hybrid and flexible working arrangements supporting your work-life balance
Employer matched pension contribution to 5%
Wellbeing support through our company-funded health plan, health checks and employee assistance program
Onsite parking
And more!

We go the extra mile to strategically invest in our employees by providing them with invaluable learning opportunities to propel their careers forward. Our commitment to continuous employee training ensures that knowledge remains up-to-date, skills stay sharp, and confidence continues to grow. We firmly believe in empowering our workforce with the tools they need to thrive and succeed.

Further details of the role can be found linked in the Job Description. Please note that we do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies for this position, we thank you for your cooperation. We reserve the right to close this job advert at anytime should there be a high volume of applications.

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