Role title: Accounts Assistant
Reports to: Finance Controller
Location: Poole
Contract: 6 month FTC Part time:16 hours per week across 2 days
About the Role
The role of Finance Assistant is to support the Financial Controller in the smooth operation of the Finance Department. Supporting with Supplier Management, audit deliverable, post invoices in Xero, process travel expenses and maintain fixed asset register.
Key Accountabilities
Supplier Management
- Update the Approved Suppliers list
- Check if supplier contracts are still valid, if not request new signed contracts.
- Get copies of accredited certificates for supplier.
- Check and ensure NDA copies are available.
- Ensure copies of completed new supplier forms are on file.
Provide help on audit deliverables
- Deliverables on accounts payables
- Deliverables on accounts receivable
- Deliverables on fixed assets
Update fixed asset register for ECEBS and Unicard Ltd
- Updated the asset description, location, and amount.
- Provide help on reconciliations
Post invoices in Xero and raise purchase orders
Process travel expenses weekly
Run cost control reports
Assist with credit control
Perform any other duties as delegated by the Financial Controller.
Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications
An understanding of data privacy standards- A strong Excel user that can work with large volumes of data with ease. More than capable of writing formulae and using pivot tables to analyse and extrapolate data.
- Analytical skills
- Knowledge of financial principles, budgeting, and financial analysis.
- Ability to manage financial resources efficiently and optimise financial performance.
- Professional and Presentable
- Effective communication; verbal and written.
- Excellent time management
- Collaborative / Team Player.
- Positive and proactive.
- Dependable and Flexible
- Ability to work well under pressure.
- Attention to detail and focused.
- A desire to keep learning and driving efficiencies.
- Situational awareness
- Appetite for growth and development
