An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Accounts Assistant to work for an excellent company in Newcastle on a 10-12 month contract. Providing assistance to the Senior Accounts Assistant your duties will be:

• Assisting in the processing and maintenance of day-to-day ledger entries

• Ensuring records are up to date using Sage 200 Financial package

• Checking purchase ledger invoices, compiling and executing payment runs

• Making payments and ledger reconciliations

• Assisting in the production and distribution of commission reports

• Recording and reconciling debtor receipts

• Reconciling bank statements and posting any unreconciled entries

• Assisting with cashflow projections, sales summaries and bad debt reports

• Ensuring the financial reporting requirements are achieved

You will be a team player and have experience working within an accounts department, particularly in purchase ledger. You will have strong Excel skills and ideally have experience with Sage 200. Excellent communication skills are essential.

Salary - £20,000 to £25,000