Office Manager

Do you have people and operational management experience, ideally with a good understanding of accounts?

Are you looking for a hands-on Bedford-based role with huge variety, offering the ability to really add value?

If so, our client is keen to hear from you!

The Client:

A leading well-established service provider based in Bedford that have an excellent reputation within their sector, offering a fantastic working environment and stability.

The Role:

This is an incredibly rare and varied role, you will have operational responsibility for their two offices, whilst managing a small team of accounts administrators. The job title for the role is Practice Manager.

The hours for this role offer great flexibility and can be from 30 - 37.5 hours week, Monday - Friday.

More Detail:

As well as overseeing a small team of accounts administrators you will have responsibility for the smooth running of two offices from an operational point of view including: facilities, HR, IT and Insurance - you will also be signing off payroll and VAT. On a monthly basis you will create a P&L report for the business and the relevant departments.

The accounts part of the role is much smaller and for the right candidate this function could be outsourced to their accountants.

More detail:

• Facilities management and operational support dealing with Health & Safety, insurance and general administration for the business.
• HR and IT related queries whilst dealing with an HR/ IT outsourcer as needed.
• Maintenance and improvement of the business management and CRM system.
• Client facing, dealing with service and account relationship management.
• Responsibility for data, complaints and communication systems and processes.

The Person:

• Flexible and natural pro-active problem solver that loves variety and really making a difference.
• Ideally you will have a good understanding of accounts and the ability to use data to create reports.
• Outgoing people person and team player.
• Experience of the operational side of business, having touched on IT, HR, Administration, CRM systems, Insurance and policies.
• Experienced of working in a similar Practice Manager or Office Manager position.

Our client is offering a basic salary of £37,000 - £42,000 depending on experience plus an individual performance bonus of up to £2,000 AND profit share which is typically £1000 - £4000 per year.

This role is available Monday - Friday working between 30 - 37.5 hours per week.

If you have the hands-on office or practice manager experience our client is looking for then APPLY NOW for immediate consideration or contact Dominic Quirke at Advancing People directly, in complete confidence.

Our client is keen to speak to suitable candidates ASAP, with a prompt start date available.

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