Finance Officer

Salary: £26,000 per year

The Role:

Owing to growth of our business, we are looking to recruit an experienced Sage 50 Accounts/Payroll person to join our team based at our offices in Dartford, Kent.

You will be passionate about accounts and payroll with an exceptional attention to detail and have effective and clear communication and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.

The successful candidate must be an excellent communicator, enthusiastic, dynamic with an ability to communicate at all levels. In this role you will also be the key link to the company’ Accountants.

The ideal candidate will have strong commercial experience with Sage, able to pick up the core job duties involved in this role with ease including current processes.

Our businesses are dynamic in nature, operating in a regulated environment which demands meticulous attention to detail and therefore we require someone who is willing to go the extra mile when required.

In addition to having extensive overall experience in accounts and specifically within Sage accounts and payroll, key skills will include:

Running Sage 50 payroll

Managing and reconciling Accounts using Sage Line 50 Accounts

Good knowledge of legislation relevant to accounting and payroll

Experienced with Sage 50 and Microsoft Office Products, especially Excel

Bank Reconciliations

Weekly and monthly payments to umbrella agencies and staff

Monthly payroll and Pension preparation

Credit Control

Proven experience as a payroll coordinator or similar role responsible for payroll duties

Familiarity with payroll processes and working with outsourced payroll providers

Supplier/Customer Invoicing

Preparing Monthly Management Accounts

Monthly Expenses

Month End and year end journals

Petty Cash

Credit Card Expenses

Weekly and Monthly Reporting

VAT Processing

Problem solving with the ability to work on own initiative

Comfortable with Excel and able to perform analytical tasks and produce financial management reports

An analytical mind and able to identify data integrity/compliance issues

Effective communicator and able to resolve queries with external and internal stakeholders

Experience of reviewing processes and implementing changes to improve efficiencies

Organised with proactive attitude and strong attention to detail

Works well within a team, with a flexible and proactive nature

IT literate and with a dynamic approach to work

Willing to work to our values of Privacy & Respect, Dignity- Equality and Diversity, Communication, Independence, Choice & reliable and dependable

Other ad-hoc admin/accounts tasks

Any other ad-hoc duties as requested by the manager

We are an equal opportunity employer. We are a disability confident employer.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £26,000per year.00-£26,000 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Dartford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Experience:

• Accounting: 1 year (required)
• bookkeeping: 1 year (required)