Accounts Payable Officer - London, United Kingdom - Growth Idea

Growth Idea

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are a privately owned group of companies and are looking for an Accounts and Payables Manager to join the team to support the ongoing growth of the business.

Our Group includes one of the leading small business-focused consultancies in the UK, the UK's leading foreign language training provider and a management training business.

This is a great opportunity for you to grow and develop alongside the businesses and to be recognised and rewarded for your performance.

We pride ourselves on our results-driven, high integrity, competent culture. As a team, we expect the best from each other and give the best to our clients.

The role works alongside the outsourced bookkeeping team, external accountants, two other team members handling payments in their departments and the payroll providers for each business.

It requires you to work across stakeholders to check and confirm their work and help improve their processes.

Your main responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Checking and confirming all monthly payments
including to over 200+ freelancer teachers and associates
Working alongside the outsourced bookkeeping team to check and confirm weekly accounts across companies and ensuring accounts across businesses are closed weekly
Devising ways to streamline and improve finance and accounting processes

To succeed in this role, you will have:

Experience working with small business accounts and finances (a book keeping/ accounting qualification would be preferred but is not required)
Ability to maintain high attention to detail while working in a fastpaced, growthfocused environment
Experience with Xero and in automating/ simplifying finance workflows
Excellent MS Office knowledge, familiarity with IT, and good numeracy skills
Willingness to work hard, an aptitude to learn, tenacity, and a growth mindset

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£27,000.00 per year

Benefits: