- Position: Accounts Clerk
- Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 per annum (depending on experience)
- Location: Near Broxbourne, Herts
- Contract: Permanent, Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
- Monday - Friday, 9am-5:30pm (hours may vary)
Accounts Clerk:
- Do you have previous experience working in a busy finance department?
- Are you AAT part qualified?
- Maybe you have some experience working with IRIS KasFlow or Sage accounting software or equivalent packages?
- Have you dealt with payroll for staff before?
- Are you an analytical individual with strong attention to detail?
- Are you computer literate with strong Microsoft Skills, especially Excel?
- Does working for an established, entrepreneurial and growing organisation who helps vulnerable children and young people across the UK appeal to you?
If you answer 'YES' to some of the above, then please don't delay and get in touch with the smart10 team today...
Our Client:
Our client is a unique, entrepreneurial, and expanding run social enterprise who are passionate about providing comprehensive welfare services for vulnerable children and young people across the UK.
Job Role:
The role as Accounts Clerk is to support the Finance Manager by assisting with the operational day to day elements involved with running the Finance Department. This will involve a variety of duties whilst maintaining high standards of support across the business.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for assisting with the maintenance of accurate and timely accounting records sufficient to comply with internal and external reporting purposes
- Overseeing and responsible for monthly reconciliation of key control accounts including all bank reconciliations
- Assist with monthly review of Aged Debtors and Creditors and follow up outstanding balances as required
- Assist preparing and post monthly accruals, prepayments and similar accounting entries
- Leading the analysis of monthly and quarterly numbers and presenting findings to the Finance Manager
- Assist with end-to-end audit process of current systems
- Dealing with working capital management and production of cash flow forecasts
- Assist with the preparation and submission of VAT returns
- Assisting with invoicing and payments and creating statutory accounts
- Ad hoc projects as and when required
- Chasing invoices
Payroll & Pensions
- Assisting with the timely and accurate completion of the staff monthly payroll working with the external payroll provider
- Help assist with the financial administration of new starters, leavers along with monthly payroll contract changes
- Checking of maternity & paternity requests and schedule information
Personal Specification
The successful candidate is likely to possess many of the following personal characteristics, experience, skills, and knowledge
Qualifications
- Experience of working in an office environment in a finance department with strong financial knowledge
- Preferably AAT level 2 or 3 qualified
- IRIS KashFlow accounting software knowledge or equivalent software packages preferred
- Knowledge and experience of payroll for staff
- Excellent numeracy and literacy skills with an ability to analyse and interpret financial data
- Competent and effective user of IT, including Excel.
Knowledge & Skills
Microsoft Excel and Word and the ability to learn to use IT software relatively quickly
- Attention to detail and an analytical mind
- Knowledge of budget setting and monitoring
- Knowledge of Sage
Personal Qualities
- Abilities to work as part of a team, as well as work independently and to think laterally and creatively
- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff and external bodies at all levels
- A passion for working for working for a unique organisation that supports Children and young people experiencing exclusion who are often on the edge of care or being looked after by the local authorities
- An enhanced DBS will be required
Benefits:
- 23 days holiday per year (3 days must be reserved for the Christmas break), plus bank holidays
- One days leave on birthday
- Employee Assistance Program
- Spacious offices set in a beautiful country setting
- Parking on site
- Career opportunities
- Annual team Building Events
Safer Recruitment
A DBS check will be required. The role involves contact with children, you will be required to undergo the relevant vetting checks. This will include checking for criminal convictions and checking that you are not barred from working with children. All information you provide will be treated as confidential and managed in accordance with relevant data protection legislation and guidance. You have a legal right to access any information held about you.
Please note that Smart10 Recruitment Group is serving as an employment agency/business for this opportunity. Your application will be thoroughly reviewed in comparison to other candidates, and if you are shortlisted, we will contact you directly soon.
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