RMS Recruitment have a fantastic opportunity for a Assistant Accountant to join our client’s Accounting Department based in Gateshead.

Job Details:

• Location: Gateshead
• Position: Assistant Accountant
• Type: Contract  
• Shift: Full-time
• Salary: £30-32k per annum

About the Role:

Working as a Assistant Accountant, you will provide functional support to the accountant, carrying out special tasks and projects in line with company policies and procedures.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Posting incoming payments and account statements for the assigned companies, clarifying any discrepancies.
• Checking various daily closing protocols (e.g. changes to bank details)
• Reconciling various bank and general ledger accounts.
• Settling and posting term deposit accounts and interest.
• Preparing & carrying out manual and automatic payments.
• Recording documents and posting simple transactions.
• Running month end age debt report.
• Managing the accounts receivable.
• Monitoring assigned customer accounts in terms of the amounts outstanding.
• Identifying, analysing and processing reminders and issues requiring clarification together with the Sales Representatives.
• Carrying out the reminder process.
• Reporting and presenting the activities of and progress made in Collection Management and the trend in overdue receivables.
• Analysing the causes and effects of any process interruptions (overdue payments, reduced amounts, etc.)
• Helping to define and implement adopted improvement measures to prevent process interruptions.
• Receipt and actioning of email payment advice notes and customer debit notes including categorizing and discrepancies, assigning and posting customer debit notes.
• Check potential/current customers on Experian.
• Cash Application/assigning payments.
• Clarifying any invoice discrepancies and other posting problems with the Purchasing and Goods Receipt departments.
• Maintaining and creating supplier master data on the system.
• Analysing and solving problems in defined processes as part of the team of Payable Accountants (acting as the functional point of contact for other Payable Accountants) and handling defined exceptions.
• Processing supplier reminders.
• Creditors listing.
• Reconciling the IC accounts.
• Monitoring intercompany payables and receivables.
• Formally checking, processing and, if necessary, returning incoming invoices relating to assigned company codes.
• Processing invoices as per the account assignment guidelines.
• Posting various incoming invoices for different companies in Germany and abroad as per the local tax legislation.
• Monitoring and coordinating leasing matters (IFRS 16) on an ongoing basis.
• Post new or repeat journals.

About You:

• Strong communication skills.
• AAT Qualified or working towards this level qualification.

How to Apply:

If you are interested, please apply directly or contact our consultants on 01325 389333.

RMS is an equal opportunities employer and recruits and promotes employees based on suitability for the job. If you are not contacted within 7 days of the closing date, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.