| Role | Assistant Accountant |
| Hours | 37 hours per week |
| Salary | £28,000-£30,000 |
| Location | Hybrid role between our office in St Ives, Cambridgeshire and your home. The role may include some other travel to other locations in the area as needed. |
Are you an experienced accounting professional looking for a new career move? Perhaps you would like to put your valuable skills to good use with a regional charity? Caring Together Charity are looking for an experienced assistant accountant to join the team and help support the work we do for unpaid carers. Please read on for more details and you could be just the person we are looking for!
About the role
You will be working as part of the finance team in a wide-ranging role, with defined responsibilities for purchase ledger, sales invoicing and bank reconciliation; some payroll cover (full training provided) and accounts to trial balance. As you will be working in a small team you will be expected to cover absence for other finance team roles. Training, coaching and guidance will be provided in a supportive environment.
Key accountabilities of the role
- To post purchase invoices and ensure payment to suppliers is made in a timely manner.
- To complete bank reconciliations.
- Occasional sales invoicing.
- Occasionally covering payroll for holiday and absence and undertaking routine parts of the payroll on a regular basis.
- Prepare information for month end reporting, including accruals, prepayments, accrued income and VAT.
- To assist with ad-hoc requests from the Management Accountant and Finance Director.
- To help the company operate an efficient financial accounting and management information reporting system which complies with statutory and external and internal Quality Assurance standards.
- To report to budget holders on their expenditure.
Person specification
Qualifications
- Part qualified or actively studying AAT, ACCA or CIMA.
Experience and knowledge
- Proven experience of purchase ledger, sales invoicing, accounts to trial balance.
- Highly organised with good attention to detail.
- Knowledge and understanding of Excel and Microsoft Office.
- Experience of engaging with a range of customers and stakeholders.
- Excel competence.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, People Planner and Salesforce are desirable but not essential as full training will be given.
Skills, abilities and attributes
- Strong communication both written and verbal.
- Positive proactive team member.
- Ability to work under pressure and cope with change, and conflicting priorities.
- Flexibility to work on new tasks.
- Desire to develop.
What we can offer you
Caring Together Charity is a Compassionate Employers award holder, and our people are encouraged and supported to bring their authentic self to work. Whether that means offering you flexibility in your working hours to manage other commitments in your life, supporting you to take care of both your physical and mental health or helping you develop your skills and knowledge to embark on a longer-term career, then we are here for it.
As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
- Hybrid working with up to three days working from home per week.
- A flexible working culture.
- Competitive salary.
- 25 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays.
- Company pension scheme.
- Referral scheme.
- Access to a 24/7 GP, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and confidential counselling service.
- Death in service benefit of three times your annual salary.
- Paid carer’s leave.
- Development opportunities.
- You will be joining an incredibly dedicated, vibrant and talented team of people, who are deeply passionate about care services which improve people’s lives.
Download our Assistant Accountant job pack [PDF, 99.2kB]
To be considered for this role please submit a covering letter along with your CV to [email protected]
Closing date 17 January 2025
Interviews anticipated 24 January 2025
We look forward to hearing from you!
We are inclusive. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We are an equal opportunities employer and expect staff to respect the personal choice and lifestyles of colleagues, carers, and people with care needs.
We are currently not registered for the skilled sponsorship programme, therefore we are unfortunately unable to accept any applications in this criterion. Please only apply if you have the relevant UK right to work documentation.
