Bookkeeper / Accounts Assistant

Bookkeeper / Accounts Assistant

Employment Type: Full-time (40 hours per week). Permanent
Salary: £20-£22k dependant on experience
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

This role would suit an experienced all round Accounts Assistant or Bookkeeper. This is a small but extremely busy accounts department which requires a starter finisher and someone with strong computer skills. Working and reporting to the Financial Controller & Operations Manager, you will be competent in the book- keeping principles and ideally be able to prepare accounts to TB.

Outline of the role:

• To provide accounts support to the Financial Controller & Operations Manager
• Processing Purchase Ledger invoices and dealing with Supplier queries
• Monitoring and processing purchase orders
• Preparing weekly Supplier payment runs.
• Processing Sales Ledger invoices and assisting with Customer queries
• Processing customer’s purchase card payments and maintaining appropriate records.
• Maintaining the Companies Credit Control, ensuring processes are followed and customer’s on-line systems are utilised.
• The successful applicant would be expected to contribute to all areas of the business as and when required.
• Support and participate in internal and external quality reviews and audits as required

Qualifications and Experience - our ideal candidate will have:

• Good all round accounts experience essential, preferably trained to Bookkeeping standards and able to produce accounts to TB.
• Must be fully conversant with SAGE.
• Minimum of 7 years Accounting experience
• Proven track record of following Credit Control procedures
• Experience of managing reports in Excel to a high standard.
• Ideally general office administration experience within a busy office environment.
• Customer service and customer relationship experience – both telephone and face-to-face desirable
• PC literate – ideally with ECDL qualification or equivalent
• A willingness to learn new skills will be essential in a fast growing commercial environment.
• Flexibility, initiative and good communication skills are also pre-requisite for this role.

You must be eligible to work unrestricted within the UK.