Accounts Assistant

Shack Events are a family led Herefordshire based business that deliver high volume & high quality bar operations to Stadia across the UK. We work alongside some of the most prestigious venues across the country including Wembley Stadium, the Olympic Park, Edgbaston Cricket Club & The Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

Due to expansion we are on the hunt for a diligent, driven & organised individual to join our ever growing team of passionate professionals. The individual must have experience working within finance and have a hands on knowledge managing the payroll.
- **Although the role will be based from our offices in Bromyard, Herefordshire, we are also open to flexible working**_

**Reporting to**:Finance Manager

**Key Characteristics**
- Flexible and mature approach with the ability to effectively plan and organise your workload unsupervised
- Open to taking on new challenges, can demonstrate ability to multitask
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Display the initiative to resolve issues quickly in an appraopiate manner - must have solution focused attitude
- Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Bright, confident personality.

**Key Skills**
- Strong computer literacy (MS Office / Excel )
- Comfortable with learning in-house software
- Minimum AAT level 3 (Advanced certificate in bookkeeping) or equivilent
- Previous experience in this role (Ideally 2 years)
- Xero Trained (Preferable)

**Main Purpose of Job**:
To record and organise our financial transactions in a proper, efficient & systematic way, helping to support to Finance Manager on other functions & manage the payroll within the business.

**Main Objectives**:

- To maintain financial systems and procedures efficiently, accurately and in a timely manner to ensure the company’s financial security and viability is always protected
- To update and maintain accounting software and files so that accurate financial information required to inform decision making is available at any given time
- To cover such work as is carried out by other members of staff in the Finance Department as is necessary in their absence and within the capability of the job holder to ensure that the department continues to operate smoothly and successfully

**Key Tasks**:

- Purchase Ledger
- Sales Ledger
- Payroll
- Banking
- General Administrative tasks
- Communication with our various customers, suppliers & staff.

**Offer / Package**
- £25,000-£27,000
- 40 hours per week
- 20 Holidays plus bank holidays
- Company private health care package

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £25,000.00-£27,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Bromyard: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you have payroll experience?

**Experience**:

- Accounting: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bromyard