Accounts Assistant - Huntingdon, United Kingdom - Education Personnel Management Ltd

Education Personnel Management Ltd

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Huntingdon, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team here in Huntingdon.

We are an award-winning and accredited education services business with 30 years of experience working within the sector.

We are 100% dedicated to education and our highly skilled team of 275 employees support more than 2,000 schools nationwide with a range of services.

We are a technology-enabled business, but people are at the heart of what we do. We believe in developing long-lasting relationships with our customers and employees.

The Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Accounts Assistant to join our Finance Team based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Reporting to the Finance Team Manager, the Assistant Accountant will be an engaging communicator responsible for daily, weekly, and monthly financial reporting tasks to support the business.

Responsibilities:

Liaising with Internal HR to collate and prepare the internal company payroll for submission to Parent company for processing every month.
Managing our employee expense process to include coding, posting, obtaining authorisation and checking of supporting receipts submitted via payroll.
Management of company pension scheme including monthly submissions.
Monthly payroll reporting to include variances to budget and reconciliation to Trial balance.
Managing purchase ledger to include coding, posting and authorisation of invoices. Weekly payment runs, liaison with Suppliers for query resolution, reconciliation to Trial Balance and adhoc reporting.
Managing our company credit card expenses to include coding, posting and checking of supporting receipts and reconciliation back to statements.
Support in credit control including customer communication, reconciliations and query resolution.

What will it take to be successful?

Previous experience in a finance role
Demonstratable experience and proficiency with MS Excel to include formulas
Inquisitive, attention to detail and a problemsolving outlook is key
An engaging communicator at all levels
Actively studying towards a finance qualification, AAT preferable
Payroll experience preferable, but not essential as full training will be given

Why choose EPM?
There are several reasons people have stayed with EPM for several years, we offer a wide range of benefits:

26 days annual leave + 8 days public holiday
Work with a passionate team of experts
A generous pension package
BUPA Cash Payment
Flexible working arrangements
Tailored learning and development programmes
We offer an inclusive and open workplace

At EPM we have great career progression opportunities and learning and development courses along the way. We are all about supporting our staff and promoting people from within.