Accounts Assistant; Entry Level

Role Purpose
The purpose of the role is to support the Finance team to maintain financial control by performing certain tasks within established finance processes e.g. reporting, analysis, ledger review, administration.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Produce daily cashflow report
• Produce daily bank reconciliations
• Process expenses claims
• Provide data required by Office for National Statistics
• Running daily and monthly reports for management
• Providing cover for team member absence
• Month end aged debt clear down reporting
• Allocation of payments to supplier accounts
• Set up new supplier accounts on the system
• Assist with managing and monitoring customer fraud and risk
• Assisting members of the Ledger Team when required
• Perform system administration duties in banking system, HSBCnet
• General administration duties e.g. post, filing

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail combined with the ability to work at speed
• Good communicator with the ability to listen and interpret complex information
• Working as part of a team to meet deadlines
• Experience & confidence in using Excel spreadsheets is required
• Experience of working proactively and independently with colleagues is required

We're a business that cares. Here's just some of our benefits on offer;

• 33 days holiday, increasing up to 40 with service.
• Buy & Sell holiday schemes
• Company Bonus Schemes
• Employer pension contribution from day 1 enrolment.
• Significant staff discounts for family & friends from our shops & online
• Ongoing offers & discounts across a variety of external organisations, from holidays, travel, restaurants, gifts & services to many more worthy discounts through our Benefits Hub
• Subsidised health & critical illness cover and insurances
• Supportive family related leave policies (including company enhanced pay for maternity, IVF & Fertility, surrogacy, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave)
• A Menopause Friendly Employer

We also operate at Head Office:

• Hybrid flexi office working with 2 days working from home
• Flexi-time schemes based around core working hours whether in the office, or working from home (NB*: All benefits subject to individual schemes criteria & terms)