Accounts Assistant

We are looking for an accounts assistant to join our team. This role is a flexible role of **up to 25 hours per week**, but this can be negotiable.

**Responsibilities**:

- Process payments from purchase orders
- Process invoices from delivery notes
- Process income and receipts and entering data into accounting software or databases then filing hard copies
- Verifying the accuracy of business accounts and alerting the Accountant of errors
- Recording any inconsistencies to help the Accountants reconcile inaccuracies
- Developing monthly financial statements including cash flow, profit and loss and balance sheets
- Preparing employee wages
- Managing employee expense claims
- Helping the Accountant with administrative duties and preparing yearly accounts

**Skills**:

- Good attention to detail to enter correct data into financial records and recognise errors
- Mathematics skills for accurate record-keeping
- Administrative skills for filing financial records
- Computer literacy, especially familiarity with databases and accounting software such as Microsoft Office, Excel and Xero
- Multi-tasking and organisational skills to manage different financial duties, including the ability to prioritise tasks in order to meet deadlines
- Interpersonal and customer service skills for dealing with customers, suppliers and other employees in the accounts department
- Communication skills, including the ability to explain complex financial matters in accessible terms

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: £15,600.00-£19,500.00 per year

Expected hours: 20 - 25 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Yearly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Beaminster, DT8 3HG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Education**:

- Certificate of Higher Education (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Bookkeeping: 1 year (required)
- Microsoft Excel: 1 year (required)

**Language**:

- French (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: LHAA2022