Reed Accountancy & Finance are delighted to be working with a growing business in South Tyneside who are looking for an experienced Assistant Accountant to join their team on a permanent basis. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the Financial Director in the running of the accounting function for the business. This is a varied and challenging role which will be very rewarding for the right candidate.
Main responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
- Sales Ledger – posting sales invoices, allocating receipts, checking POs. Chasing debtors, monthly statement submissions
- Purchase Ledger – posting purchase invoices, matching to POs, Supplier payments, checking creditor statements
- Online electronic banking
- Month and year end reconciliations
- Management of expense cards, daily checking and chasing receipts
- Checking & filing quarterly VAT returns
- Payroll, management of personnel records and hours weekly reporting
The ideal candidate:
- Ideally fully AAT qualified at a minimum with strong bookkeeping skills.
- Fully competent in Xero cloud accounting software (or QuickBooks)
- Ability to create pivots/lookup/bespoke reports in Excel is essential
- Experience in a similar role
- Ability to understand & analyse the P&L, Balance Sheet
- Familiarity with reviewing terms and conditions i.e. supplier contracts
- Attention to detail and meticulous in approach.
- Strong personality to be able to communicate effectively
- Ability to work on own initiative
If this sounds like the ideal role for you, please apply today!