ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT

STOCKTON ON TEES

HYBRID AFTER 3 MONTHS (3 DAYS OFFICE/2 DAYS HOME)

£24,000 to £28,000 + BENEFITS

THE COMPANY:

We're proud to be exclusively recruiting on behalf of a highly successful and forward-thinking company that is looking to recruit an Accounts Assistant to join the team.

As an Accounts Assistant, you'll be reporting to the Head of Finance and be responsible for a mix of Credit Control and broader Finance tasks such as Purchase Ledger, Bank Reconciliation, Payments, setting up Customer Accounts, Credit Checks and Month End Activities.

This is a great opportunity for a driven individual who is undertaking AAT Level 2 or 3, and has 1 year + experience in a broader finance role.

Exceptional candidates who haven't undertaken AAT Qualifications will be considered.

THE ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT ROLE:

• Providing cover for other finance or administration duties as required

• Reporting to the Head of Finance, you'll be working in a small team of 3 people with a mixed responsibility for day-to-day transactional finance tasks (50% of the role) and acting as the sole Credit Controller (50% of the role)


• Generating Sales Invoices and sending to clients, coordinating queries


• Contacting businesses to tactfully collect due and overdue Invoices/debts from organisations ranging from SMEs to Large Corporates.
  
  Producing Ad-hoc Sales Invoices as and when required


• Manging invoice queries and liaising with the Sales team to enable them to resolve within a timely manner.


• Monitoring the Sales Ledger and identifying accounts with doubtful debts and once collection efforts have been exhausted, escalating to the Director for action.


• Conducting Daily bank reconciliations, logging debtor payments and ensuring the accounts system matches the bank.


• Setting up new customer accounts, conducting credit checks and applying approved limits.
  
  Monitoring accounts to ensure credit limits are not exceeded.


• Conducting ad-hoc customer account reconciliation to handle discrepancies.


• Assisting with creation of Journal entries for accruals and prepayments as and when required.

THE PERSON:

• Must have experience within an Accounts Assistant role, or similar position, such as Finance Assistant, Accounts Clerk, Finance Clerk or Assistant Accountant


• Any experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment would be an advantage but is not essential.


• Ideally with an AAT Level 2 or AAT Level 3, however, exceptional candidates without will be considered.


• Experience of Credit Control, Purchase Ledger, Bank Reconciliation and Payment Preparation


• Able to add Journal entries for accruals and prepayments.


• Confident around systems, strong communication skills and a ‘can do' attitude is essential.


• Competent with MS Excel

TO APPLY:

Please send your CV for the Accounts Assistant position via the advert for immediate consideration.

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