Part Time Accounts Assistant

An opportunity has arisen for a **Part-Time Accounts Assistant **to our rapidly growing and successful business. Initially this role will be between 15-20 hours per week and we can offer flexibility as to how and where you wish to work these hours. We would however, require you to be able to attend our fun and vibrant offices in St Albans for one day a week.

The **Part Time Accounts Assistant** will support the Head of Finance & Operations in all aspects of the accounting function, helping to maintain the office and keep it running smoothly. **The Part Time Accounts Assistant** will be responsible for the following key tasks:
**Responsibilities**:

- Carrying out the key time-critical tasks such as credit control, raising invoices, coding and processing purchase invoices and expenses.
- Reconciling key balance sheet accounts at month end and journals as necessary, including bank accounts.
- Setting up Direct Debit instructions and taking ad hoc Credit card payments
- Assisting with quarterly VAT return
- Producing departmental month end reports & other key month end reports
- Liaising with third party providers, clients and suppliers
- Supporting the Head of Finance & Operations with other office administrative duties as required.

As well as having experience in a similar role or working within an accounting department we are looking for the **Part Time Accounts Assistant** to be a confident, self starter who is used to managing their own workload with strong teamwork skills, time management, motivation and the ability to work autonomously. A formal accounting qualification such as AAT would be useful but is not essential but we would like you to have experience in using an accounting system (ideally Xero) and experience in using the full suite of Office 365.

As well as having a desire to work in a small but growing business we hope that you will be comfortable working in a highly collaborative environment, consistent with our company values. We are:
Customer obsessed: We start with the customer and work backwards

Ambitious: We think long term, we think big and we value calculated risk taking

Humble: We are vocally self-critical and respectfully challenge others’ opinions

United: We are one team

We’re people people: We care about our colleagues and the communities we live and work in

**Why work with us?**
The **Accounts Assistant** is not just a role in our company - it’s your career and it matters. We are a dedicated team who share ideas - we learn about each other’s roles, we work together on projects and make suggestions.

We’ve got team members who have started in one area but moved to another when they developed a new skill or passion, because we want you to be able to grow with us. We believe in hiring experts, but more than that, we believe in creating them.

Our office is a fun, vibrant and busy environment with talented and brilliant people in a growing business. We take time to celebrate - whether that’s rewarding our team members who action our values each month, going for meals, playing rounders in the park or celebrating hitting a target with a few games of laser tag, we know blowing off steam and celebrating a win really matters

As well as the usual standard benefits of a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, enhanced pension scheme and holidays we provide an extra days leave when you move house and up to 5 days of unpaid leave for those unexpected life events. We operate a free unlimited book allowance for work relevant publications as well as a very healthy annual training budget for each employee
- you decide how you can grow best

In addition there is the cycle to work scheme, paid time off to donate blood and access to a confidential 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme. We also have a generous employee referral scheme and recognise long service.

We are passionate about having a diverse, inclusive team and building a community, both at work and in our local area. We’re proud to have a team made up of people from different backgrounds and experiences, and we’re all drawn together by the same goal: to have an impact. If you would like to make an impact in your next role then please get in touch.