Accounts Assistant

Department: Accounts Assistant

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Head Office

Compensation: £22,000 - £24,000 / year

Description

As Accounts Assistant your role will report to the Management Accountant working within a Finance team of 4. Providing timely and accurate financial information internally to the management team and key stakeholders, as well as supporting the external financial accounts processes. 
To work with the rest of the Finance team to ensure transactional Finance activities are posted to the accounting system in an accurate and efficient manner.  

Key Responsibilities

• Supplier invoice processing and management of the Invoicing and Accounts mailboxes, ensuring all invoices are processed timely and accurately
• Reconciliation of supplier statements and dealing with supplier queries promptly
• Run accruals for supplier invoices from Concur and post at month end
• Run prepayments process and post at month end 
• Ensuring correct VAT treatment on invoicing 
• Dealing with Utility contracts ensuring all meter reading are received timely from Nurseries and invoice processed and reconciled to DD’s 
• Processing all Intercompany purchase invoices ensuring all are paid monthly
• Run payment process for supplier invoices ensuring all approved timely, chasing approvers where necessary.                           
• Manage Credit cards and expenses processing within Concur limits
• Support all audit processes providing information and data where applicable 
• Post payroll journals provided by the head of Finance
• Produce Bank reconciliations for the Nursery Group, posting daily all receipts and payments. 
• Work with key stakeholders across the business to challenge and support
• Support on process improvement and other projects as the business grows and changes
•  Ad hoc analysis and reporting as necessary.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Qualifications:
Study for recognised Accounting qualification - Desirable

Knowledge and Experience:
Previous experience contributing to the management accounts process - Essential
Experience of using accounting software - Essential
Knowledge of Sage accounts software - Desirable
Experience of contributing to the annual accounts and audit process - Essential

Behaviours:
Ambitious individual, with desire to progress and take on more responsibilities as the business grows and the needs of the role changes  - Essential
Be a reliable member of the team, working co-operatively and with flexibility, supporting the rest of the team when needed - Essential
Motivated and takes proactive approach to problem solving and making a process more efficient - Essential
Demonstrates a high level of honestly and integrity - Essentials

Skills:
Excellent communication skills - written and verbal - Essential
Microsoft Office package competency - specifically intermediate excel skills - Essential
Ability to prioritise work and work to tight deadline - Essential

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays
• Bonus scheme, specifics of this to be confirmed but most likely to be linked to company performance
• Company pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Study support if applicable

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Safeguarding Statement

Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries are committed to Keeping children safe; therefore, it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record Disclosure and Barred check to be undertaken. All posts involving direct contact with children and vulnerable adults are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. All candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions, you may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your employment commences.