Accounts Assistant

About the Role

This position provides the opportunity for an Accounts Assistant to apply their experience to a growing SME, where they can have a profound impact on the future function of the finance team. As Accounts Assistant you will play a key role in delivering a wide range of financial tasks across the group companies. We would consider part-time roles for applicants who require flexibility around family or other commitments.

Your initial responsibilities will include:

• Invoicing: preparing, sending and monitoring invoices
• Credit control: contacting clients to ensure timely payment
• Expenses: assisting with the management of internal and recharged expenses
• Book-keeping across all group companies using Pegasus, Opera 3 and Rapport3
• Innovating and driving improvement across financial systems

About You

Our ideal candidate takes pride in delivering an excellent service internally to colleagues and externally to clients and suppliers, thrives in a fast-paced environment, is a fast learner and has the capacity to drive improvements in our financial systems that keep pace with our exciting growth plans.

Essential qualities and experience:

• Experience of book-keeping and other aspects of financial or management accounting
• Good Excel skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• A high degree of written accuracy
• A strong commitment to continuing professional development

 Desirable qualities and experience:

• Part AAT qualified
• Experience working in an SME operating internationally  
• Advanced Excel knowledge, including pivot tables and IF and VLOOKUP functions

The role includes responsibilities across both accounts receivable and payable; however, we will consider candidates with significant experience in only one area.

What We Offer

• A starting salary of £20-£25k, based on your qualifications and prior experience
• The opportunity to shape your own career in a small but rapidly evolving finance team, and to progress and take on significant responsibility very quickly
• Full funding and study leave for you to acquire or maintain professional qualifications
• Flexible benefits package
• 4% employer pension contributions and a salary-exchange-for-pension scheme 
• 25 days holiday per annum, with the option to increase this after 6 months
• Childcare voucher scheme

If you are interested, please send across a copy of your CV by clicking the 'Apply Now' button below.