Assistant Accountant

Accountancy Recruit is partnering with a global software technology provider in the recruitment of an Assistant Accountant, for the global head office based in Bury St Edmunds. The business is experiencing growth, and is a fast paced, busy environment, with a collaborative team culture.

Reporting into the Group Finance Manager, the purpose of this role is to maintain the day-to-day financial records and transactions using QuickBooks. Support the Sales Team with contract management and maintain the fixed asset register.

Key Responsibilities

• New customers set up on all relevant systems (Quickbooks, Maxio, Hubspot, etc.)
• Sales ledger: raising approx. 300 invoices monthly and Issuing customer statements
• Credit control for the UK and Europe
• Dealing with customer queries
• Purchase ledger; processing approx. 6-700 invoices monthly for the UK and US. Coding and entering supplier invoices- ensuring invoices are correctly authorised before processing
• Dealing with supplier queries
• Preparing payment runs
• Monitor the Finance email box
• Reconciling credit and debit card (UK&US)
• Petty cash reconciliation
• Processing staff expenses and filing of finance documents and contracts
• Matching expenses with projects (launches, conferences etc.)
• Assist with audit
• Management of the fixed asset and subscriptions register
• Responsible for ensuring IT and staff equipment have asset tags and that asset information is up to date in the staff onboarding data
• Work with line manager and HR to ensure new starters have correct equipment
• Matching payments
• Ad hoc finance tasks required, and other analysis as requested
• Holiday cover for other finance team members
• Provide support for internal teams:
• Contract management for the sales team
• Work with the CEO, CFO and Group Finance Manager in monitoring and renewal of utility contracts; ensuring competitive rates

Requirements & Skills

• AAT, CIMA, or ACCA studier would be an advantage.
• Experience of Goggle Sheets would be an advantage, confident in Excel and accounting software
• Excellent time management with proven attention to detail
• Experience with the administration of a contract end to end process would be an advantage
• Confident to highlight issues found within a process
• Experienced and comfortable working in a small finance/operations team
• Able to work as a team player
• Demonstrate a natural curiosity, ability to simplify the complex and a desire to learn and succeed

Remuneration

• Salary £30-35,000 pa
• Study support
• Private Health Insurance for UK and US
  Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Flexible and hybrid working – 3 days in the office, 2 days remote
• Hours: Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week – flexible times.
• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off and vouchers
  Ability to purchase more holiday after 2 years’ service
• Employee Assist Programme supports physical and financial health
• Volunteering days for local charities
• Social committee with planned events throughout the year
• On the spot rewards as employee recognition
• Snacks and drinks in all offices