Accounts Assistant

Join Reed Middlesbrough on our hunt to find and Accounts Assistant, to join our clients friendly and dynamic team on a full-time and permanent basis. Paying a salary of £27,000 per annum. In this role, you'll be responsible for managing disbursement accounts, processing purchase invoices, and raising final sales invoices. You'll also maintain our clients shared accounts inbox, ensuring smooth communication and organisation. With a focus on accuracy and efficiency, you'll resolve discrepancies, support the finance team, and report on outstanding accounts. If you have a strong background in finance, excellent attention to detail, and thrive under pressure, I want to hear from you... Job Description:

• Main duty: Complete disbursement accounts.
• Collate purchase invoices, resolve discrepancies, process them to Sage, and bill them out by raising the final sales invoice.
• Maintain the shared accounts inbox one/two days a week, answering queries, downloading and filing purchase invoices, and organising the inbox.

Role:

• Process purchase invoices to Sage and allocate to the relevant port call.
• Resolve discrepancies between the proforma disbursement account and supplier invoices.
• Raise final sales invoices once all costs are received and ready to be recharged.
• Maintain the shared accounts inbox one/two days a week.
• Resolve queries raised on final sales invoices by customers.
• Ensure final sales invoices are raised within company KPI (7-14 days from vessel sailing).
• Report to the finance manager weekly on the position of outstanding disbursement accounts.
• Process office overheads to Sage.
• Perform supplier statement reconciliations.

Skills/Experience:

• Previous experience in a finance assistant role.
• Experience in accounts payable and receivable.
• Strong attention to detail and communication skills.
• Well-organised and able to work under pressure.
• 5-10 years of accounting experience.