Trainee Accountant - Bath, United Kingdom - Page Personnel Finance

Page Personnel Finance

Verified Company

Bath, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The purpose of the role is to support the Management Accountant, Financial Controller and other members of the Finance Team in delivering the Company's core financial function and to assist with other aspects of general management as required.

It will offera broad range of exposure and scope for future progression.

Client Details
We're an award-winning financial technology company based in the heart of Bath.

We provide Financial Advisers with the technology, trading capabilities and service to help deliver great customer outcomes to their clients.

We're determined to deliver technology that will keep us at the forefront of Intelligent Wealth Management and are building a modern scalable and flexible microservices architecture to help us to achieve our goal.

As we embark upon a new and exciting periodof change and growth, we're looking for people that want to make theirs too

Description

Sales Statistics compiling and circulating daily, weekly and monthly statistics on sales performance. This is likely to also include adhoc queries of new business inflows.
Finance KPIS compiling weekly KPIs containing a variety of finance and business data to be issued to the Group's Board and shareholders. The role holder will be the main point of contact for any questions or queries arising from these reports.

Accounts Trainee
/ Accounts Trainee

Banking/Payments ensure payments are made on a timely basis, mostly notably in respect of the Company's daily funding requirements to ensure regulatory compliance. Also, to be the point of contact for any banking queries or updates.
Credit Card Transactions recording of all transactions made using Company credit cards, classifying these according to the correct cost classification, matching items to receipts and raising appropriate queries with card holders.
Reconciliations performance of key reconciliations including weekly bank and income reconciliations.
Financial Transactions posting of financial journals to the general ledger, ensuring that all transactions are captured to the Company's accounting package.
Ad-Hoc Financial Analysis in addition to the specific requirements outlined above, this role also has a broad requirement for additional adhoc analysis to support the business. Such additional work will compromise a relatively large proportion of the overallworkload. Examples of such tasks may include interrogation of sales data, reviewing costs, cash flow analysis, assisting in compiling the budget and a range of other tasks

Profile
> Numerate with a basic understanding of accounting and book-keeping, gained through experience of working in a similar role.

Selfmotivated and enthusiastic; able to demonstrate a flexible approach not being afraid to embrace a challenge while delivering on routine tasks.
Ambition to progress within Financial Services, and a desire to gain an accountancy qualification.
IT literate, particularly with regards to Microsoft Office including Excel.
Confident in dealing with a variety of stakeholders.
Organised, methodical approach to work.
Ability to work individually and as part of a team.

Job Offer

Competitive salary.
Hybrid Working (split between home and office).
Discretionary bonus each year.
34 days holiday per calendar year including bank holidays, with the option to purchase or sell up to 5 additional days per year.
Supported and encouraged professional development.
Private Medical scheme (single cover that can be increased to FULL Family).
Income protection scheme.
Life assurance scheme.
Group contributory pension scheme.
Interest free season ticket loans for travel costs.
We encourage internal progression, with many of our employees going on to become Team Leaders, Managers, Subject Matter Experts and many more.
We're proud of our company culture. From rewards and incentives, remote team socials to fun quizzes, our friendly and welcoming teams strive to make our office a great place to work.