The role
We are looking to hire an Assistant Accountant to focus on Accounts Payable and Finance mailbox management.
The ideal candidate will have experience of the accounts payable function and will have studied an accountancy qualification (e.g. AAT). Motivated to own a task fully, the successful candidate should be able to manage their own workload and operate without direct daily oversight but with the support of the team where required.
This role will be home based, but you will need to be able to attend our Office in Lee-on-the-Solent occasionally for team meetings and catch ups. You will report to the Financial Controller.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Accounts payable, matching POs and invoices
- Mailbox management, including answering questions, redirecting queries and collecting approvals
- Daily loading of invoices on to accounting software
- Assisting with month end processes
- Supporting the Financial Controller and wider team with the provision of accurate and well-presented financial data
- Responding to ad hoc queries from employees on finance matters
- Expenses management (weekly maintenance of expenses platform and user admin)
- Daily bank matching and month end reconciliation
- Assist with sales invoicing
- Completing ad hoc tasks the Finance team may require and supporting other projects as the need arise
The ideal candidate will have
- Experience across accounts payable or a similar accounts assistant position (1+ year experience)
- AAT Level 3 minimum
- Experience of transactional entry on a finance system, ideally NetSuite
- Experience of mailbox management
- Great organisational skills, with the ability to jump from task to task (as there will be a variety of different tasks to complete)
- A pro-active and forward thinking nature to suggest improvements to processes to make simpler and more automated.
- Good communication skills, able to talk to vendors/customers and wider company contacts for queries on invoices etc
- Basic excel skills and knowing spreadsheets is advantageous
- The ability to self manage daily tasks through to completion
- Be comfortable working with detailed and repetitive processes whilst maintaining a high level of focus
- Easily approachable individual
Additional info
This is a UK based, fully remote role. You may need to travel occasionally to Lee-on-Solent and London for team meetings and events.
Our full time hours are Monday - Friday, 9-5 (35 hour week), however we can consider alternative patterns and hours
Company Description
We specialise in working with some of the world’s most-loved brands, bringing iconic characters and storylines to life in interactive adventures that allow fans to explore their favourite worlds in fresh, immersive ways. From putting your silliest ideas to the test in SpongeBob SquarePants™: The Patrick Star Game, to diving into the chaos with the Turtle Brothers in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed, or teaming up in a world of creativity and imagination in Barbie Project Friendship™. All our games are designed to be enjoyed by all ages.
Pay: £26,000.00-£27,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Application question(s):
- Are you comfortable in remote setting, with the ability to get to Lee-on-Solent on occasion?
- Do you have experience of Netsuite, or other finance systems?
- What Finance qualifications do you currently hold?
Experience:
- finance: 1 year (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Stubbington PO14
