Accounts Assistant

**About the Role**

We're expanding our business operations team and are looking for someone with good attention to detail and immense organisation skills to join the team as an accounts assistant. The role is part time (minimum of 20 hours per week), and hours can be flexed to suit you. However, if you are reading this and think you might be overqualified and / or looking for full time, do still get in touch, as we’re ever-evolving

This is a hybrid role and will be based in Darlington with the option to work from home 1 or two days per week. We’re a fast-paced business, and as a result, this role will be varied - think of all aspects of accounts, payroll, invoicing, cashflow and everything that comes along with it Success in this generalist role would be taking responsibility for duties such as;
- Invoice creation and ensuring prompt payment.
- Bank reconciliation and comparisons to budget.
- Forecasting cashflow and managing accordingly.
- Processing VAT reports and payments.
- Working with the wider team to process payroll.
- Assisting with onboarding new team members.
- Reporting against targets and creating board summaries.
- Ad hoc duties when required.
- Process staff expenses.
- Contact customers as appropriate to request payments, keeping to timescales.
- Experience in Xero is desirable.

Salary is up to £25,000 (full time equivalent) depending on experience

**About You**

The relevant skills and experience needed to successfully deliver on all the above is crucial, of course we know that, but there's also some extra bits and personality traits that need considering too, such as:

- Being computer literate and confident using new technology systems
- Being flexible and agile in your approach to work - we're fast paced. Like, really fast and are not afraid to try new things.
- Having business acumen - working closely with the leadership team to create reports.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Microsoft and Excel Skills.
- Ability to maintain and develop good relationships with suppliers and customers.

Ideally, you'll also have some generalist experience of working within a modern accounts department and be qualified or part qualified in accounting.

**About Us**

The Verve Group is combined of a number of companies, including Para-Sols (an outsourced paraplanning company), Apricity Compliance (providing compliance support to advisers), The Art of Finance (which provides training courses for those looking to develop a career in financial services) and finally, The Verve Foundation (a not-for-profit that invests in the future of finance). The Group of companies all work towards the same two missions; to help support good quality financial advice firms to grow and develop, and to attract new people into financial services and help train them up, for the good of the future of finance.

Across all companies, we approach financial services with a fun and positive outlook and offer a range of benefits to permanent employees to ensure our staff feel supported and motivated. We reward loyalty and offer enhanced benefits to people who choose to grow their career with us, but as standard you can expect to receive:
**Standard benefits**
- 26 days holiday (including days off at Christmas) PLUS bank holidays AND your birthday off (if it falls on a weekday)
- Personalised salary structure to reflect your own effort and contribution
- Enhanced maternity and paternity cover
- Death in Service cover
- Personal Development budget (for exams, training, anything to help you excel)
- 1 Volunteering Day - We love to give back
- Company Pension Scheme
- Hybrid working with ability to work from home (on completion of training and dependant on experience)

**What makes us different benefits**
- Dress code? Not here, we want you to be yourself (and comfortable).
- A company with a higher purpose and some mint values
- Health and Wellbeing programme including weekly office Yoga.
- Office snacks and refreshments
- Open plan ‘living office’ environment - including rocking (or sometimes dubious) playlists, beer/wine fridge, breakout lounge, breakfast club, ping pong table.
- 2 official annual company parties, plus ad hoc team nights out and month enrichment sessions
- Office dogs welcome
- Did we mention there’s no lock on the beer/wine fridge?