Accounts Assistant in Exeter

We recruit Accounts Assistant positions in Exeter on both a permanent and temporary basis — including short-notice cover when a team is stretched.

Yes — briefing you properly on the role, the employer and realistic Exeter salary expectations before an interview is a standard part of how we work with every candidate.

Yes — Accounts Assistant is one of the positions we place in Exeter, on both a permanent and temporary basis.

We recruit transactional finance and payroll specifically, not as one line among fifty sectors — that focus means genuinely knowing the Exeter market for Accounts Assistant roles, the going rate, and who's actually looking.

Submit your CV and a Market Expert will be in touch to talk through your experience, what you're looking for, and any live Accounts Assistant opportunities in Exeter that genuinely fit — free, confidential, and no obligation.

We recruit Accounts Assistant positions across Exeter itself and the surrounding commuter towns and business parks — if you're just outside the immediate area, get in touch and we'll be straight with you about whether it's somewhere we can genuinely help.

Accounts Assistant salaries in Exeter 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.

No — nothing about your CV or your situation is shared with any employer, in this location or any other, without your explicit permission first.

No — there's never a cost to candidates. For employers, our fee is only payable on a successful placement.

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.

We work with Exeter 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.

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 Exeter just as often as anywhere else in our network.

It depends on seniority and how specific the brief is, but because our Exeter shortlists come from a network we already know, we're rarely starting from zero.

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 Exeter.