Accounts Assistant

Job Title: Accounts Assistant

Job description: We are currently recruiting for a temporary Accounts Assistant to join a private sector organisation in County Durham. The client is looking for someone to work full time hours, on a 9-month fixed term contract.

Duties will include:

• Aiding the Head of Finance to ensure compliance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules, Anti-Money Laundering Regulations and VAT Requirements
• Understanding and following the firms’ internal procedures
•  Helping to process incoming and Outgoing Client and Business Account transactions
• Completing Daily Bank Reconciliations and Bill Processing
• Assisting with processing Banking
• Being responsible for issuing outgoing cheques
• Processing Outgoing BACS/CHAPS payments
• Carrying out card payments from clients over the phone and processing payments whilst maintaining GDPR standards
• Supporting with Credit Control procedures
• Assisting with Petty Cash handling and reconciling and processing write offs
• Professionally handling both internal and external queries
• Full training will be provided.

Salary/ Hourly rate: 21k upwards

Working hours: Full time

If you meet the above criteria and wish to apply, please get in touch.

For this vacancy Venn Group is acting as both the employment agency and an employment business.