Accounts Assistant / Payroller

Location: North Shields – Manufacturing Environment

Working Pattern: Condensed hours – Monday to Thursday (longer days), Friday off

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage the sales ledger
• Raise sales invoices
• Post receipts and allocate cash
• Resolve customer account queries
• Assist with chasing outstanding debts
• Process monthly payroll accurately
• Deal with starters and leavers
• Calculate overtime and additional payments
• Prepare and post payroll journals, pensions, and associated returns
• Provide hands-on support across other transactional finance areas (purchase ledger, expenses, and general ledger posting) when required
• Maintain accurate financial records, ensuring data integrity and audit-ready documentation

Personal Profile

• Comfortable working as part of a small, close-knit finance team, while also able to use own initiative
• Hands-on and flexible, enjoying varied duties in a busy manufacturing environment
• Well organised and able to work to deadlines with a high level of accuracy
• Adaptable and willing to support different areas of finance as business needs change
• Happy to work longer hours over a four-day condensed working week, with Fridays off