Assistant Accountant
Salary: £28000 - £31000
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
KCR Solutions are delighted to be supporting this established business, based on the outskirts of Newcastle, who are going through a period of exciting change. They are looking for an experienced Assistant Accountant to join a small finance team.
This role is critical in documenting and reconciling transactions, including receipts/payments, overall transactional finance operations with some P&L/Balance sheet reporting and transactional analysis.
Duties will include:
- Day to Day responsibility for financial transactional processing. This includes supplier invoice input, reconciliation journals, supplier relationship management and credit control.
- Input supplier invoices daily, reconcile statements, and credit notes
- Raising and allocating payments made, ensuring unallocated payments are reviewed and cleared in good time.
- Monitor supplier/customer accounts and liaising with the business, highlighting due dates upcoming and payment profiles.
- Manage DPO (Days payables outstanding) within forecasted cash balances
- Resolve invoicing queries with appropriate department and suppliers
- Review aged AP, AR, Debit notes, Goods Received Not Invoiced, Purchase orders outstanding and clear where possible
- Support the preparation of monthly management accounts (P&L/Balance sheet)
- Prepayments/accruals and reconciliations.
- Obtain, maintain, and report GL historical data
- Review aged AP, AR, Debit notes, GRNI, Purchase orders and clear where possible.
- Perform reconciliations, including investigation and resolution of variances.
- Daily spreadsheet updates, cashflows and banking transactions.
- Support the Financial controller by providing data as required
- To undertake any other duties that may fall into the job criteria including providing holiday cover across the department.
The candidate
- Min 5 years’+ experience in finance function, preferably within an SME.
- Good understanding of Microsoft 365/D365 preferred.
- Working knowledge of excel spreadsheets.
- High attention to detail and accuracy skills.
- Extremely organised and a multi-tasker.
- Experience in reconciliations and accounts maintenance.
- Experience in working with various Finance and ERP systems.
FULLY OFFICE BASED - 37.5 hour week. Our client offers flexible working hours and an early finish on a Friday. 25 days holiday + statutory bank holidays