Accounts Assistant (Part-time)

BMC Recruitment Group; North East; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

22-25 hours per week

Quarterly bonus

Pro-rata holiday

Workplace pension

Free on-site parking

Job summary

BMC Recruitment Group is seeking an experienced and proactive part-time Accounts Assistant for a Gateshead-based organisation. The role can be worked over 3 days or 5, to suit your needs, with 22-25 hours per week.

You will support day-to-day finance, focusing on purchase ledger, credit control and debtor management, including invoices, reconciliations and querying. The ideal candidate has 1-3 years' bookkeeping experience and strong Excel/QuickBooks skills.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years' experience within bookkeeping, accounts or a similar finance role.
• Experience with purchase ledger, credit control and chasing outstanding payments.
• Strong experience using QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confident and professional telephone communication; able to maintain customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Managing aged debtors and outstanding customer balances.
• Chasing overdue payments via telephone, email and statements.
• Resolving invoice and billing queries to support timely 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 and filing systems.
• Supporting month-end preparation and financial administration.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Organisation

Customer service

Tools

QuickBooks

Microsoft Excel

Job 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 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.