Finance Assistant - Full Time or Part Time - Reed : Job Details

Reed Accountancy & Finance are delighted to be working with a well-established client just outside of Morpeth who are looking for an experienced Finance Assistant to join their team on a permanent basis. This role is a full-time position, however, my client is also keen to consider part time candidates who are seeking 3-4 days per week too.

Working in a small, dynamic team, your duties will include:

•        Reconciliation of sales ledger and investigate any discrepancies

•        Cash allocation

•        Credit control support

•        Retention reconciliation and collection support

•        Electronic point of sales reporting/reconciliation/transacting

•        Set up customer accounts

•        Processing supplier invoices including matching to PO & goods receipt

•        Seeking authorisation of any Non-PO related expenditure

•        Supplier statement reconciliations

•        Set up supplier accounts

•        Dealing externally and internally with any invoice disputes

•        Management, posting and reconciliation of all employee expenses and credit cards

•        Posting and reconciling daily bank accounts

•        Management Accounts Support

•        Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts

•        Management of accounts Inboxes

•        Dealing with customer/supplier queries

•        Escalation of issues where necessary to the wider finance team

•        Finance filing / archiving etc.

•        Taking incoming finance calls between the hours of 12pm to 5pm

•        Providing cover to other finance staff during holidays/periods of absence

You will have:

•        Minimum 3 years’ experience working in a fast paced finance role

•        Ideally will hold a suitable accounting / bookkeeping qualification (i.e. AAT)

•        Experience using Sage 50 Accounts and Sage Payroll

•        Knowledge of the Construction Industry would be desirable

•        Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Outlook and Excel. Data analysis using pivot tables and Vlookup’s etc. would be advantageous

If this sounds like the right role for you - please apply today!