Assistant Accountant

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!