Accounts Assistant (Part-time)

Description

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced and proactive part-time Accounts Assistant to join a growing, established organisation based in Gateshead. The role can be worked over 3 days or 5, to suit your needs.

Working closely with the Head of Finance, you will play an important role in supporting the day-to-day running of the finance function. This is a varied position covering both accounts receivable and accounts payable, with a particular focus on purchase ledger, credit control and debtor management.

This would suit someone who is highly organised, confident communicating with customers and enjoys taking ownership of their workload in a busy finance environment.

The Role

Key responsibilities will include:

Managing and monitoring aged debtors and outstanding customer balances

Chasing overdue payments professionally via telephone, email and statements

Resolving invoice and billing queries to support the timely collection of payments

Raising, checking and issuing customer sales invoices

Processing and verifying supplier invoices

Matching purchase orders against invoices and investigating discrepancies

Completing bank reconciliations

Reconciling corporate credit card transactions and receipts

Processing and cross-checking employee expenses

Maintaining accurate financial records, spreadsheets and digital filing systems

Supporting the wider finance team with month-end preparation and financial administration

Responding to day-to-day finance queries from internal colleagues and external suppliers

The successful candidate will ideally have:

Around 1–3 years' experience within bookkeeping, accounts or a similar finance role

Proven experience of purchase ledger, credit control and chasing outstanding payments

Strong experience using QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel

Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

A confident and professional communication xjnqpsq style, particularly over the telephone

The ability to be firm and assertive when required while maintaining positive customer relationships

What's on Offer

Flexible working pattern across 3–5 days per week

22–25 hours per week

Quarterly bonus scheme linked to personal and company KPIs

Holiday entitlement on a pro-rata basis, plus bank holidays (25 days FTE)

Workplace pension

Free on-site parking

A varied and hands-on finance role within a supportive team

Please note, this is an office-based position, and applicants must be able to reliably commute to Gateshead for their scheduled working hours

Ad ID: 5418937271