Accounts Assistant

4 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Best Practice Network Full time

Recognised for our excellent quality, Best Practice Network (BPN) is a national provider of Continuing Professional Development courses to the Education sector. We are DfE accredited for a wide range of the qualifications we offer and have recently been successful in becoming one of only a small number of providers who are able to offer the DfE’s “Golden Thread” agenda.

BPN’s vision is for every child to access an excellent education regardless of background. Over 50,000 school staff are taking qualifications with us, with 90+ delivery partners and 2000+ associate facilitators, assessors, tutors, and coaches across the UK and beyond.

Our quality, growth and success depend on our collaborative, innovative and friendly employees. Our core team enjoy flexible working arrangements, a generous benefits package, with career development opportunities enhanced by the connections across Supporting Education Group, our parent company.

Our Values are to Strive for Excellence, Inspire Learning, Work as a Team and Act with Integrity.

**Responsibilities of the role**
- Develop key ‘finance business partnering’ relationships with the wider admin teams
- Own, develop and run self billing processes for our partners
- Maintain excellent knowledge of both sales and purchase ledger to assist team with queries
- Build and maintain a calendar of key dates for each fiscal year
- Calculation of overhead accruals and prepayments using Excel models
- Develop the role of process improvements ‘champion’ with the team
- Preparation and entry of general ledger journals
- Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts
- Assistance with month end reporting & variance analysis
- Assist as point of contact for external audit and extensive involvement in preparation of audit schedules.
- Any other duties as may be required
- Undertake payment runs and other duties to support transactional services manager as requires

**Person Specification and key skills**
- Beginning or part qualified AAT or qualified by experience in general ledger work
- Able to build and demonstrate strong working relationships and good communication skills at all levels, both with internal and external stakeholders
- Have the ability to organise, plan and prioritise time and tasks effectively whilst meeting the needs of multiple stakeholders
- Work well under pressure, dealing with issues as they arise and meet agreed deadlines
- Excellent IT skills, in particular Excel data functions and MS office
- Good systems knowledge and ability to help identify system improvements
- Demonstrate accuracy, numeracy and attention to detail
- Deliver proactivity and a high standard of customer service to all internal and external customers.
- Collaborate with Finance and non finance colleagues to deliver efficient and friendly support.
- Strong organisational & both written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work on own and prioritise tasks with others, attention to ensuring service delivery excellence
- Actively seeks out opportunities, for breadth and depth of individual development and building better knowledge of the business.

BPSS is the standard background check required for government employees and contractors in the UK. It includes a variety of elements such as criminal records and identity checks and is a minimum requirement for working in and with the public sector.

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

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

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Application question(s):

- Do you have experience working in accounts?

**Experience**:

- Accounting: 3 years (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Bristol, BS1 1LT (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bristol, BS1 1LT

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