Assistant Accountant
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £28,000 to £30,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | Hebburn, Tyne & Wear |
| Company: | GEM Partnership |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
We need an Accounts Administrator to take responsibility for a wide range of duties. You will be responsible for supporting the Financial Director in the running of the accounting function for the business. The role will involve all aspects of the preparation of accounts including all transactions, preparing the trial balance and producing monthly reports including the P&L and Balance Sheet and involvement in the procurement and stock management side of the business. The role also includes preparation of the payroll, vat returns and creditor/debtor ledgers and bespoke revenue reports. This is a varied and challenging role which will be very rewarding for the right candidate.
Duties
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
On-line electronic banking
Month and year end reconciliations
Management of Pleo expense cards, daily checking and chasing receipts
Checking & filing quarterly VAT returns
Payroll, management of personnel records via Bright HR, hours weekly reporting
Reconciling monthly stock records
Required knowledge, skills or experience
Ideally fully AAT qualified at a minimum with strong bookkeeping skills.
You must be 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 would be ideal as this role is integral to the smooth running of the business and the person appointed will have considerable responsibility for the accounting function
Ability to understand & analyse the P&L, Balance Sheet
Familiarity with reviewing t&c’s, i.e. supplier contracts
Additional Information
Location: Hebburn
Hours of work:
Monday to Friday 09:00AM – 17:30PM
Rates of pay:
£28’000 - £30’000 per annum
This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Gem Partnership Ltd who are trading as a recruitment business.
Duties
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
On-line electronic banking
Month and year end reconciliations
Management of Pleo expense cards, daily checking and chasing receipts
Checking & filing quarterly VAT returns
Payroll, management of personnel records via Bright HR, hours weekly reporting
Reconciling monthly stock records
Required knowledge, skills or experience
Ideally fully AAT qualified at a minimum with strong bookkeeping skills.
You must be 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 would be ideal as this role is integral to the smooth running of the business and the person appointed will have considerable responsibility for the accounting function
Ability to understand & analyse the P&L, Balance Sheet
Familiarity with reviewing t&c’s, i.e. supplier contracts
Additional Information
Location: Hebburn
Hours of work:
Monday to Friday 09:00AM – 17:30PM
Rates of pay:
£28’000 - £30’000 per annum
This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Gem Partnership Ltd who are trading as a recruitment business.
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