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Accounts Office Administrator

The Dove Partnership
Posted 10 hours ago, valid for 11 days
Location

Harlow, Essex CM17 9TD, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The job requires a dynamic and self-motivated individual to manage a small office independently.
  • Candidates should have at least 1 year of experience in office administration and bookkeeping, specifically with Sage 50.
  • The role involves various responsibilities including customer service, accounting duties, and office management tasks.
  • A driving license is required due to the location, and an immediate start is preferred but not mandatory for the right candidate.
  • The salary for this position is competitive, reflecting the responsibilities and experience required.

Are you a dynamic, enthusiastic, self-motivated and well organised individual that can take the reins in running a small office by yourself.

If so, read on you will need to be a real team player, friendly and committed with a 'cando’ positive attitude, highly organised and able to think outside the box.

Office Duties:

  • Being the first point of contact to general customers and the go-to person within the office
  • Answering the office phone and dealing with client queries
  • Monitoring of the generic mailbox and replying where necessary
  • Staff holiday and sickness monitoring
  • Maintaining office stationery and other consumables
  • Keeping databases up to date
  • Taking minutes at weekly management meetings
  • Upkeep of online and paper filing system
  • Diary management - including sending diary invites and organising teams’ meetings
  • Assisting with stock orders from China, updating files with stock as it arrives along with relevant freight container information
  • Assisting in ordering foreign currency & paying China invoices via Currency companies
  • Ordering materials when required
  • Arranging transport for customer collection and deliveries
  • Managing Vehicle maintenance / servicing, booking in when required.
  • Updating workflow with orders
  • Ordering of staff uniform

Accounting duties:

  • Complete maintenance of sales and purchase ledger
  • Daily reporting of cost of sales
  • Monthly financial report to MD - Profit and Loss
  • Posting of bank transactions and reconciliations
  • Daily Banking and Making bank payments
  • Nominal code knowledge
  • Invoicing / Pro forma invoicing / Sales invoices and credits
  • Processing new sales orders
  • Customer statements
  • Sending remittances
  • Credit card and petty cash reconciliation
  • Credit control
  • Making HMRC payments such as CIS tax, NI and PAYE on time
  • Submission of CIS return to HMRC
  • Sending CIS statements to subcontractors
  • Adding overtime to staff wages for payment
  • Assisting external accountant for VAT returns and End of Year
  • Cash flow monitoring
  • Daily back up of Sage software
  • Raising monthly rental invoices
  • Raising purchase orders
  • Processing purchase invoices and credit notes
  • Reconciling supplier statements
  • Bi-monthly supplier pay run
  • Filing electronically and physically
  • Payments due in bi-weekly

Experience:

  • Solid understanding of Sage 50 and general bookkeeping (1 year required)
  • Some understanding of CIS
  • Experience of Microsoft Office in particular Excel
  • High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Good interpersonal skills for dealing with clients, other employees, and Management
  • A proactive, self-motivated can-do attitude
  • Office administration, 1 year (required)
  • Driving licence required due to the location
  • Immediate start required ideally but happy to wait for right candidate

You will need your own transport, it's such a job for the right person - open to Temp-Perm also.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.