Accounts Assistant (Part-time)

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

Job summary

BMC Recruitment Group Ltd invites applications for an experienced part-time Accounts Assistant role in Gateshead. The position can be worked over 3 days or 5 days to suit your needs, working closely with the Head of Finance to support day-to-day finance operations.

You will handle both accounts receivable and accounts payable with a focus on purchase ledger, credit control and debtor management, requiring strong organisation and confident communication with customers.

Qualifications

• Around 1–3 years' experience in bookkeeping, accounts or a similar finance role.
• Proven experience with purchase ledger and credit control.
• Strong skills using QuickBooks and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Manage aged debtors and outstanding customer balances.
• Chase overdue payments by phone, email and statements.
• Process and verify supplier invoices; match PO with invoices.
• Maintain accurate financial records, spreadsheets and filing systems.
• Support month-end preparation and financial administration.

Skills

Customer communication

Organised

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