Part-Time Accounts Assistant - Job Filled

Bournemouth | £26,000 pro rata

Accounts Assistant

Bournemouth – 3 months contract - £26,000 Pro rata - Part-Time Hours 3 days per week

Vardey Recruitment are delighted to be working in an exclusive partnership with a highly successful professional services business in Central Bournemouth, Dorset. We are recruiting for an Accounts Assistant/Sales Ledger/Purchase Ledger clerk on a 3 month fixed term contract basis. The Accounts job reports directly to the Financial Controller and is a busy and varied role for someone with experience in sales ledger, purchase ledger and ideally credit control. The Job is for 3 months on a fixed term contract basis with the view to go permanent.

Job duties
  • Setting up of new customers
  • Raising of sales invoicing
  • Processing of customer payments and allocation
  • Building customer relationships with Accounts departments
  • Credit Control duties via phone and email
  • Reconciliations of customer statements
  • Month end sales ledger tasks
  • Assisting with the purchase ledger
  • Dealing with customer queries
  • Credit checking new customers
  • Supporting with the month end close
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Maintaining debtor reports
  • Ad hoc accountancy duties – assisting the FC with accountancy duties to help with month end
Requirements:
  • Ideally experience in a sales ledger, purchase ledger and credit controller job
  • Ability to pick up systems quickly
  • Strong MS office Excel, Word, strong IT skills
  • Excellent communication skills – verbal and written
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Highly organised
  • Problem solving skills
  • Ability to pay attention to detail
In Return:
  • £22,000- £26,000 pro rata if part-time (depending on experience/qualifications)
  • Pension
  • Hybrid working, Flexible hours - ideally 3 days per week
  • 20 days holidays plus bank holidays
  • Discretionary bonus

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