Accounts Assistant
The Lettings Hub – Peterborough, PE2 6LR
Job description
Accounts Assistant
Location of work: Lynchwood Business Park, Peterborough possibility of Hybrid once comfortable in the role.
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8am - 4.30pm (30 minute lunch break)
Salary: £28,000 per annum
The Lettings Hub is an award-winning prop-tech business within the lettings industry. We are looking for an Accounts Assistant to be part of our Peterborough based finance team. We work with a national network of letting agents and offer a tech platform, BOX, which allows clients to manage all the administrative and compliance tasks that help them let properties quickly and correctly. With thirty-five integrated products, the BOX platform allows a client to process tenants fast and earn commission income at the same time. In 2024, we are in growth mode, with more and more letting agents using the BOX platform each month, and we are recruiting finance expertise to help us complete company-wide financial reporting and tasks. The successful candidates will be enthusiastic about the importance that we put on ensuring financial accuracy and delivery to deadlines. You will work alongside our operational, sales & support functions to ensure all the financial business processes completed are compliant and robust and that results are reported monthly to the Board.
Key Responsibilities
· Accounts Payable posting supplier invoices processing revenue and costs invoices accurately and efficiently by matching them to purchase orders
· Managing supplier accounts, including reconciliations and query resolution and manage supplier payments
· Preparing fortnightly payment runs and setting up payments
· Providing cover across the wider finance team when required
· Supporting process improvements and ad hoc finance projects
· Helping improve processes and drive efficiencies where possible
· Validating group expenses within guidelines
· Set up new customer accounts in the accounting platform, ensuring all financial and compliance information is captured to support strong client relationships
· Credit Control
· Credit Control weekly reporting
· Setting up Agent DD’s
· Sending customer statements monthly
· Bank Recs
· Raising Invoices
· Answering agent queries by Phone and Email
· Staff Expenses – checking they are in line with company policy, sending for approval highlighting any anomalies and processing payments once approved
Core Competencies
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent attention to detail
Ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Desirable Competencies
Graduate calibre
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Pay: £28,000 per year
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £28,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
