Hours: Your normal hours of work will be 34 hours per week to be worked Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm and Fridays 9am to 4pm. You are entitled to a one hour unpaid lunch break.

Job Overview

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.

Aims
• Take responsibility for the Accounts Payable process for the whole nursery group and Head office companies.
• Work closely with the whole Finance team and support where needed. 
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with Head Office team, nursery teams and franchisees where necessary. 
• Produce and report on key financial information to deadlines. 
• Support the Head of Finance in process improvement, implementation of policies, writing procedures and assisting in various projects. 

 • 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. 

•      Length of Service Recognition: We want you stay with us! We recognise and reward your length of service with Monkey Puzzle

•      Enhanced Maternity Pay: Enhanced pay after 2 years’ service

•      Private Healthcare

•      YuLife: You will be enrolled into our Group Life Assurance policy and have access to the YuLife app

•      Flexible Working

•      Conversion based incentive

•      Social Events: We arrange catch ups with the team alongside our Christmas parties

•      Additional Annual Leave Entitlement: 25 days plus 8 UK bank holidays

•      Early