Accounts Assistant - Purchase Ledger

About The Role

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure. A role has become available in the Water Division at MGroup Ltd. This position sits within the finance team.

What will you be doing?

The role focuses on delivering accurate, well-organised finance support, with a calm and friendly approach. There is a strong emphasis on clear processes, with plenty of opportunity to learn and develop. Day-to-day, this role supports core finance activity, including processing supplier invoices in Sage, matching them to purchase orders in ZTA, reconciling statements, and helping ensure supplier payments are made on time. New suppliers are set up carefully and accurately. Support is also provided across the business, offering guidance on purchase processes and helping teams use purchase orders correctly. Processes are reviewed regularly, with a focus on keeping things simple and consistent. The role includes assisting with payroll, such as monitoring timesheet approvals to make sure everything is ready for processing, as well as supporting accruals work including GRNI and vehicle costs. There’s a collaborative element too—supporting colleagues during busy periods, helping manage the supplier inbox, maintaining spreadsheets, reviewing some control accounts, and assisting with ONS surveys when needed. This role would suit someone who enjoys structured work, takes pride in accuracy, and communicates well with others. Experience with Sage is helpful.

What you'll bring

• A solid foundation in finance and a positive, supportive approach to their work.
• AAT Level 2 (or above)
• Comfortable using spreadsheets, databases, and MS Office
• Experience with finance systems
• Strong attention to detail, with a careful and methodical approach
• Good organisation and time management, able to juggle priorities and meet deadlines

Ways of working:

• Clear, friendly communicator—both written and verbal
• Builds positive relationships across teams and with external contacts
• Approaches tasks with a helpful, can-do mindset
• Stays calm and responsive when things change or issues arise
• Works confidently independently, while supporting the wider team

Approach to work:

• Logical and thorough, with a focus on getting things right
• Comfortable spotting and resolving errors quickly
• Takes pride in accurate, well-checked work

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life. Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.