Accounts Assistant
Stockton-on-Tees 
£27,000 per year
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Start date: ASAP  
 
We are supporting our client in their search for a new Accounts Assistant for their office in Stockton-on-Tees, with a salary on offer of £25,000-£27,000 per year.
 
The ideal candidate for this role will have a positive and proactive personality and will have previous experience working within a similar, client-facing role. 
 
This is a full-time office-based position in the firm’s Stockton-on-Tees site, but candidates will, at times, be required to travel to client’s offices.
 
Responsibilities:

• Managing day-to-day bookkeeping activities across a portfolio of clients
• Sales ledger including raising invoices and credit control
• Purchase ledger including reconciling supplier statements
• Processing and reconciling bank transactions
• Preparing VAT returns
• Preparing and posting journals
• Making payments to suppliers and creditors
• Checking and processing expense claims
• Liaising and working directly with a range of external clients

Essential Requirements and Qualifications:

• Have experience in an Accounts Assistant role, or similar
• Have excellent attention to detail, possess good initiative and be able to work independently
• Be a confident communicator
• Have experience with a variation of accounting software (Xero, Sage, FreeAgent, etc.)
• Experience and confidence in using he Microsoft 365 package, especially with Excel
• Ideally AAT Level 2 or Level 3 qualified (or equivalent), but not essential

Company Benefits:

• Life insurance
• Private health insurance
• 28 days holiday
• Study support

To apply for this role, please send your CV to: andrew@achieveprofessionals.com