Accounts Assistant

PADI® (Professional Association of Diving Instructors®) is the world’s leading scuba diver training organisation.

With more than 6,600 PADI Dive Centres and Resorts, and 128,000 individual PADI Professionals who have issued more than 28 million certifications around the world, you’ll find PADI diver courses and scuba diving services nearly everywhere.

Based in Bristol, UK, PADI EMEA offers competitive remuneration, excellent facilities and benefits; and a fantastic working environment with talented people to collaborate with.

Due to the forthcoming maternity leave of a member of our Accounts team, we have a full time **maternity cover** vacancy for an **Accounts Assistant - Accounts Payable, **for approximately 12 months, starting in March/April.

After successful completion of initial training, the post holder will be eligible for our hybrid home-working scheme, by agreement with the Finance Manager.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** include the following.
- Processing of vendor invoices;
- Preparation of fortnightly payment run;
- Raising credit notes & refunds for customers;
- Providing assistance to VAT specialist in preparation of monthly/quarterly returns;
- Setting up new suppliers in the system and maintaining correct details for existing ones;
- Processing urgent payments out of the payment run period and associated manual posting process in the system;
- Monitoring of days worked by Contractors in line with requirements;
- Sending proof of payment breakdowns to suppliers on request;
- Full responsibility for vendor liaison in relation to invoice queries and credit note requests;
- Assisting the Finance Manager with the month end accruals process;
- Assist in the reconciliation of accounts payable during month end;
- Administration tasks, filing, scan and upload of documents to central data system and retrieval of documents both physical and electronic.
- Assist with Year End Audits
**The successful applicant will have**:

- At least 1 year of basic bookkeeping & accounts experience.
- Experience of working in an international business. (Desirable)
- Basic understanding of VAT process and various treatments
- Basic qualifications in English and Mathematics/Numeracy
**LANGUAGE SKILLS**
- Fluent English (Essential)
**WORK BASED COMPETENCIES**
- Working to high levels of accuracy
- Working to tight deadlines
- Organisational Skills
- Team-working skills
- Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
- Excellent IT skills including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
- Working knowledge of accounting processes
**BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES**
- Attention to detail and accuracy in your work
- Prioritising and managing time effectively
- Interacting well with co-workers
- Being flexible in approach and adapting to change
- Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with individuals from a variety of cultural backgrounds
**We offer an excellent benefits package including**:

- generous pension scheme
- Life cover for pension scheme members
- private health cover &/or cash plan
- Employee Assistance Programmes
- regular social events
- paid time off for volunteering activities
- discounted scuba training
- discounted scuba holidays
- additional holidays related to length of service
- free car parking and bicycle parking;
- on-site subsidised gym (Reopening later this year)
- on-site coffee shop and restaurant
- a spacious, modern working environment including Wellbeing Hub and Learning Resources Centre
If you are interested in applying, please contact us using the link. We look forward to hearing from you

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: £19,760.00-£21,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Store discounts
Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
**Experience**:

- Accounts Payable: 1 year (preferred)
- Bookkeeping or Accounts: 1 year (required)