Part-Time Accounts Assistant — Flexible Hours + Bonus

BMC Recruitment Group; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly bonus scheme

Holiday entitlement pro-rata

Workplace pension

Free on-site parking

Job summary

BMC Recruitment Group is seeking a part-time Accounts Assistant in Gateshead. The role covers both accounts payable and receivable with a focus on purchase ledger, credit control, and debtor management.

Flexible 22–25 hours per week across 3–5 days, office-based, with support from a busy finance team. The successful candidate will be highly organised, able to communicate clearly with customers, and capable of owning their workload in a busy environment.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years' experience within bookkeeping or a similar finance role.
• Experience of purchase ledger, credit control and chasing outstanding payments.
• Strong experience using QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confident, professional communication over the telephone.

Responsibilities

• 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 timely payment collection.
• 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.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Organised

Customer service

Assertive

Tools

QuickBooks

Microsoft Excel

Job description

BMC Recruitment Group is seeking a part-time Accounts Assistant in Gateshead. The role covers both accounts payable and receivable with a focus on purchase ledger, credit control, and debtor management.

Flexible 22–25 hours per week across 3–5 days, office-based, with support from a busy finance team. The successful candidate will be highly organised, able to communicate clearly with customers, and capable of owning their workload in a busy environment.