Assistant Accountant

Salary: £32,400 per year

Assistant Accountant – Hybrid role – (Great flexibility – Modern) – On the up!

A role for an accounts admin or Finance admin or a junior assistant accountant – Brilliant opportunity! – Stroud

This is a 1 off unicorn opportunity for someone with spark, who wants to learn and grow, who is quietly ambitious. A team player with a fab attitude and energy! 

This modern business with circa 20 people is GROWING

Salary: Up to £32,400 + 1/4ly Bonus per year plus a personal development budget

A fast paced modern Software business with young, dynamic leadership and huge investment in the business and also in you! You will also get a personal development budget to enhance your quals and learning! Mega role for a motivated Finance / Accounts Assistant! Brilliant list of benefits – hybrid working – awesome team – growth and a genuine long term stable career move in these strange times we live in! 

Working Hours and Location: Hybrid working. Full time, Monday to Friday 08:45 to 17:00 (45 mins lunch break). Free on-site parking.

Benefits: As well as the opportunity to be a key part of an exciting and dynamic business, here are some of the other benefits you’ll receive: 

• Competitive salary based on experience, with performance-related quarterly bonus scheme
• 30 days’ annual holiday (including 8 bank and public holidays)
• An additional day’s holiday for your birthday
• After 2 years’ completed service, an 2 extra days’ holiday
• Private medical insurance after probation
• Pension scheme
• Significant bonus on completion of business sale 
• Career development including mentoring and training
• Quarterly shopping vouchers
• Office snacks
• Monthly pizza lunches

The Company: 

Cloud-based solutions are used globally. Customers include Logitech, Halfords, Imperial Brands, Eiffage Kier and well-known Premier League football clubs, and they love what we do, take a look at the 5* reviews on Capterra and see for yourself!

Focusing on our core values – being transparent, agile, enjoying work and putting the customer first – our impassioned team is on an exciting journey to continue growing.

A young company with huge ambitions. Having recently received investment to enable us to grow further, this is an exciting opportunity to join a small but growing team with plenty of scope for recognition, development and impact. 

What will you be doing and who do you need to be? 

This role is primarily responsible for the maintenance of accounting records and helping with the monthly management accounts.

What you’ll work on (Inc training)

Finance & Accounts Administration

• Entering purchase invoices and receipts on the accounting system and matching with payments made
• Reconciling supplier accounts
• Raising sales invoices
• Matching customer payments with outstanding sales invoices
• Maintaining accurate customer and supplier records in the accounting system
• Helping the Sales Team to ensure sales invoices are paid on time
• Reconciling bank statements with the accounting records
• Maintaining Fixed Asset records
• Managing the digital filing of all accounting documents
• Updating the payroll system with changes
• Producing monthly payslips for staff
• Assisting the Accountant with the preparation and publication of monthly Management Accounts and other reports
• Provide general support to the directors and business
• Any other duties reasonably required to ensure the smooth running of the business
• Min Two ‘A’ levels or equivalent (e.g. AAT2 or AAT3)
• Ideally membership of the Association of Accounting Technicians (not a deal breaker)

Competencies

Strong verbal and numerical reasoning ability, along with attention to detail in both words and numbers

Ability to follow verbal and written instructions accurately and identify where additional help or support is needed in order to complete tasks successfully

A can-do attitude tempered with good self-awareness of own strengths and weaknesses, and a willingness to learn

Strong inter-personal skills and an ability to communicate sensitively, concisely and clearly with both internal and external contacts in both the written word and spoken language.

Driving licence is required, as is authorisation to work in the UK

A brilliant modern company and role! ASk for Ainsley or Jess at Duval!