Assistant Accountant

The Business & Opportunity:

Fantastic opportunity to play a key role in the ongoing success of an established and well-respected charity. With over 100 staff they pride themselves in positively changing lives of community members by reducing physical and mental health issues, well-being challenges, social isolation, poverty, and providing support to daily living.

On the back of a restructure, they are now seeking a proactive and detail-orientated Assistant Accountant to join their small team. This is a varied and hands-on role incorporating accounts, payroll and credit control.

This is a permanent full-time requirement, but those seeking 30 hours p/w will be considered. You will be rewarded with an excellent financial package and benefits, including a small amount of hybrid working, flexitime, and a generous holiday allowance.

Specific Requirement:

Your remit will include:

Accounting:

• Support the preparation of financial reports and analysis.
• Assist with the monthly management accounts process.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and investigate variances
• Prepare, post and maintain journals including accruals, prepayments and adjustments.
• Post month-end sales and revenue adjustments.
• Assist with audit preparation and year-end processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial controls and efficiencies.

Payroll:

• Process and administer monthly payroll for c100 employees.
• Ensure payroll is processed accurately and on time, including statutory payments, pensions, deductions, overtime and salary adjustments.
• Maintain payroll records and ensure compliance with HMRC and employment legislation.
• Responsible for the administration and payments of pensions.
• Liaise with employees and managers regarding payroll queries.
• Reconcile payroll related balance sheet accounts.

Credit Control:

• Manage the end-to-end credit control function.
• Monitor outstanding debtors and pro-actively chase overdue payments
• Build strong relationships with customers to resolve invoice and payment disputes.
• Produce aged debtor reports and provide regular updates to management.
• Support cashflow management through effective collection activities.  

Skills & Experience required:

• Qualified, Part-Qualified, or Qualified By Experience.
• Able to prepare accruals, prepayments, journals and balance sheet reconciliations, together with accounts processing and transactional finance.
• Experience supporting the production of management accounts.
• Proven hands-on payroll experience within a similar sized (or larger) organisation.
• Credit Control experience with responsibility for managing customer accounts and collections.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, and ideally Sage and Xero.
• Likely to have worked within an SME or Charity/non-profit sector.

What’s on Offer:

• £32,000 - £38,000 depending on experience.
• Study Support if required.
• Generous holidays, Pension & Employee assistance programme.
• Option of reduced hours (minimum 30 per week).
• Free On-site parking at their North Leeds premises in LS7.

Next Steps:

Interviews are to be conducted imminently; hence you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience

N.B. Lyons Recruitment have been retained on an exclusive basis, hence any direct or other agency applications with be disregarded.