This is a dynamic position where you will be managing the payables function and month end Management Accounts for this private hospital. Producing Management Accounts to a high quality within a strict timescale.
You will be actively supporting the Finance Manager as well as providing technical expertise to department managers with their budgets. The role will also involve you in assisting in the preparation of the annual financial accounts and audit. A varied and challenging accounting career opportunity.
You will be working for a very reputable private hospital group that delivers high-quality private healthcare services in East Kent. The hospital performs general surgeries, cosmetic surgery, non-surgical cosmetic treatments, and physiotherapy. As a business, they are continuing to build a superior service to deliver all healthcare needs and at a high service level.
Qualifications and Experience
• Proven track record of experience in a management accounting environment
• Experience in month end/year end preparation, experience/understanding of accruals and payments, fixed assets and depreciation, balance sheet reconciliations, bank, and petty cash reconciliations
• Experience of working in a time-pressured role with proven ability to meet tight deadlines
• Good working knowledge of Excel with use of formulae and pivot tables
• Awareness and understanding of the importance of confidentiality within the Finance Department
• Able to work under pressure and meet multiple deadlines
• Able to work independently
• Flexible to the needs of the business
• This role is full time: 37.5 hours per week
• An immediate start is available for this position.
Management Accountant 21902
A large family owned Rochester based plant hire/construction and recycling company, are looking to recruit a part time Management Accountant.
This role will be responsible for producing the management accounts for a number of companies within the group.
Key responsibilities include:
Preparation of management accounts for the group entities (company and consolidated)
Prepare analysis of all balance sheet entries
Analyse and monitor working capital
Assist with the preparation and analysis of monthly forecasts and annual budgets.
Preparation of year end financial statements
Have Sage 50 experience
Prepare weekly, monthly and year end payroll data.
This role is ideally suited for a fully qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA) with previous experience interested in working on a part time basis.
This is a great opportunity to join a thriving and growing business. Candidates need to be available on short term notice.
For further information on this new role or to apply, please email CV
Accountant 21709
We are looking for an experienced accountant to join our growing team in our Tonbridge office, close to the town centre and mainline train station.
The role:
Reporting to the partners, you will have your own portfolio of clients. You will be either ACA or ACCA qualified, or have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in public practice.
Your varied portfolio will include companies, sole traders, high net worth individuals, and charities. You will be responsible for preparing accounts, VAT returns, and tax returns and will also look after your clients on a day to day basis with their general needs.
You should be proficient in Word and Excel, and experience with Iris is preferred. Knowledge of Sage Accounts and Xero will also be beneficial.
You will need to be well organised and be able to work in a timeous manner, with the ability to work to deadlines and under pressure. Although you will have your own portfolio of clients, you should also be able to work well as part of a team.
You will be able to build relationships with your colleagues and clients alike, and provide tailored advice to your clients.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, as this will become a client facing role.
In return, we will offer a competitive salary with benefits, and most of all, a friendly and enjoyable place to work!
Requirements:
• Minimum of 2 years’ public practice experience, which must include preparation of personal Tax Returns
• Experience in bookkeeping, preparing accounts, and VAT returns
• Preferably either ACA or ACCA qualified
• Good communication skills
• Excellent organisation skills, with the ability to work in a timeous manner and under pressure to meet deadlines
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Working knowledge of Iris, Sage Accounts and Xero beneficial, but full training will be provided
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Finance Assistant 21522
Kent Association for the Blind (KAB) are recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join their team.
To apply, please download an application pack from our website at www.kab.org.uk/working-with-us/current-vacancies.html or call 01622 691357 for a postal pack. We will not accept CVs in application for this post without a completed application pack.
Kent Association for the Blind (KAB) is a charity that provides a comprehensive rehabilitation service to sight and hearing impaired people of all ages and abilities across Kent.
Hours of work: 35 hours per week
Based at: 72 College Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6SJ
Salary: £18,707 – £20,671 per annum
The role of the Finance Assistant is to process, with a high degree of accuracy, all the day-to-day financial transactions for KAB onto the Sage system in line with KAB’s Finance Policy; to respond to day-to-day queries both from non-finance colleagues and external agencies; and to support the Head of Finance as required for information to be accurately reported.
The ideal candidate will have excellent IT skills, including the ability to be self-supporting in the use of MS Office, email and spreadsheets; strong interpersonal and communication skills (for dealing with colleagues, KAB service users, suppliers, and claimants); strong analytical skills and the ability to present financial information in a variety of ways appropriate to the intended recipient. At least 2 years’ experience of working in a finance department and with using accounts packages is essential.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Wednesday 7th March, 2018.
Interview date: Wednesday 21st March, 2018.
Job Description
Purpose of Job:
To process, with a high degree of accuracy, all the day-to-day financial transactions for KAB onto the Sage system in line with KAB’s Finance Policy. To respond to queries both from non-finance colleagues and external agencies, and to support the Head of Finance as required for information to be accurately reported.
Purchase Ledger – Key Responsibilities
Invoices, Volunteers expenses & Credit Notes
• Process all purchase invoices ensuring they are matched to relevant purchase orders, delivery notes, coded and authorised by the correct individual (c.35 per week).
• To agree all Purchase Orders to purchase invoices, ensure documentation is present and investigate and resolve discrepancies prior to payment.
• Follow up any discrepancies with invoices with the correct departments.
• Check and process any credit notes; allocate as necessary.
• Process all volunteer expenses (c.10 per week), ensuring that these have been correctly authorised, and arranging BACS details where possible to ensure prompt payment. Contact the claimant or correct department to resolve discrepancies as needed.
Payments
• Prepare one BACS run and one cheque run per week and make other ad-hoc urgent payments as required.
Statements
• Review all supplier statements ensuring KAB’s 30 day payment terms are adhered to (unless agreed otherwise), including requesting duplicate invoices where necessary.
Aged Creditors Lists
• Produce monthly aged creditors’ lists and take appropriate action to clear down outstanding items. Provide a report for the Head of Finance on a monthly basis.
Petty Cash
• Manage petty cash as required ensuring Finance Policy is adhered to.
• Reconcile petty cash at the end of each month for Head Office and local teams.
• Prepare inter account transfers to top up petty cash accounts held by teams.
Sales Ledger – Key Responsibilities:
Sales
• Ensure all sales invoices are correctly raised and posted to the accounting system. (c.10 per week).
• Check and process all batches of invoices generated from KAB’s Guide Communicator database on a monthly basis (about 90 invoices).
• Produce a monthly aged debtor’s lists and chase all debtors over set limits by telephone and by letter and send out statements. Liaise with other departments to recover debts as appropriate.
• Produce month-end aged debtors lists with commentary, for review with the Head of Finance.
• Check and produce credit notes where required.
Banking – Key Responsibilities:
Receipts
• Process all credit card payments on a daily basis (c.2 per day).
• Check and process all receipts including cheques, cash and BACS items to the accounting system on a weekly basis.
• Allocate payments to relevant invoices.
• Process any Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) or charity trust vouchers received.
• Ensure that at least one banking is performed each week of all funds received in Finance.
Reconciliations
• Perform bank reconciliations on a weekly basis, including processing direct debit payments, banking undertaken by fundraising teams and teams in other offices, and income received directly into the bank account.
• Investigate any discrepancies.
General
• Be administratively self-supporting, including processing incoming departmental post, and filing.
• Answer phone queries from other staff and members of the public about finance issues.
• Have a good understanding of the Finance Policy and support and advise staff on all matters relating to income and expenditure and financial procedures as required.
• As requested by the Head of Finance perform monthly control account reconciliations of balance sheet accounts including net wages, staff loans, pensions and prepare monthly accruals and prepayments.
• Process social club transactions for KAB clubs whose funds we hold, and maintain a record of outstanding balances.
• Assist in the preparation of sections of the year-end financial statements and supporting audit file as required. Assist with the on-site audit.
• Liaise with banks, support companies and others where necessary to resolve problems.
• Visit each office on a quarterly basis to undertake internal audit checks on petty cash, receipt books and orders.
• Perform any other duties commensurate with this position or as directed by Head of Finance or CEO.
This job description is not exhaustive, but is provided to assist the post-holder to know what her/his main duties are. It may be amended from time to time without change to the levels of responsibility appropriate to the grade of the post and in discussion with the post-holder.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
• At least 2 years experience of working in a finance department.
• Excellent IT skills, including the ability to be self-supporting in the use of MS Office, email and spreadsheets.
• Strong analytical skills, and the ability to present financial information in a variety of ways appropriate to the intended recipient.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (for dealing with colleagues, KAB service users, suppliers, and claimants).
• A proactive attitude to dealing with problems, and being self-motivated to deliver the requirements of the role with limited supervision.
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
• A good pass at O Level/GCSE Mathematics and English Language or equivalent.
• Excellent prioritisation skills and the ability to complete a wide variety of tasks in agreed timescales.
• An ability to understand and follow agreed procedures and the confidence to highlight problems.
• A commitment to own professional development and a willingness to undertake training.
• Willingness to work as part of team.
• Empathy with KAB’s aims and values.
• An understanding of own abilities and responsibilities and when it is appropriate to seek support and advice from colleagues.
Desirable criteria
• Skills in using Sage Accounting system or other finance software package.
• Hold (or be working towards) a recognised book-keeping qualification.
KAB is an equal opportunities employer.
To apply, please download an application pack from our website at www.kab.org.uk/working-with-us/current-vacancies.html or call 01622 691357 for a postal pack. We will not accept CVs in application for this post without a completed application pack.
Assistant Accountant 21425
Chaucer is a fast-growing Global management consultancy working in Europe and USA.
This is an ideal opportunity to be involved in the end to end sales ledger process from client contract or order being received, time and expense processing through to invoicing and cash collection
Position Responsibilities
Raise invoices, process timesheets and expenses for staff and sub-contractors, credit control and cash-flow forecasting
Responsible for ensuring accurate project information is maintained to track project financial performance
Keen focus on managing and reducing work in progress and minimising our order to cash cycle
Key user of Kimble; our Professional Services Automation (PSA) tool which captures all information on our engagements including sales pipeline, resourcing, time and expense management, profitability, forecasting and cash-flow
Position Requirements
Formal qualifications are not a pre-requisite for the role, but must be proficient with double-entry, accruals accounting, reconciliations and preparing supporting information for Management reports.
Ability to take ownership for issues through to resolution, reliable, accurate with attention to details, flexible and responsible. Must be professional in liaisons with both clients and managers. A team player.
Strong Excel skills and analytical skills
Business Intelligence tools such as Microsoft PowerBi an advantage
Financial Accountant 21394
Hand Picked Hotels is a collection of 20 country house hotels throughout the United Kingdom and Channel Islands. With welcoming and charming service delivered in inspirational surroundings, our guests are encouraged to feel at home, relax, kick off their shoes and indulge!
We are seeking a Financial Accountant to join our Central Support Office in Sevenoaks, Kent. Some travel may be required (up to 4 days per quarter). This position will commence in mid-March 2018.
Scope and General Purpose of the Financial Accountant:
To undertake various corporate finance activities at group level to ensure delivery of consistent, high quality financial information to the required legislative standard. To manage and take ownership of certain routines and processes for the central support office and the hotels. To assist in ensuring that Hand Picked Hotels meet all legislative deadlines and requirements demanded by external parties.
Key Responsibilities of the Financial Accountant:
• Preparation of Statutory Accounts
• Preparation of Corporation Tax returns
• PAYE/NIC
• Hotel Business Reviews
• Capital Expenditure
• Facilitate the Internal Audit function
• Centralised Credit Checking
Essentials
• Strong financial accounting experience
Apply now to be considered for this role!
Finance Manager 21349
Reporting to the Finance Director and supporting the Senior Management team the purpose of the role is to deliver and maintain a robust financial solution for The Bond Group.
Key responsibilities include:
• Maintaining the accuracy of accounting records by the use of documented accounts procedures and implementation of controls to ensure that records are complete and can be verified to source documentation
• Overseeing the finance department, payroll and reception on a day-to day basis
• Weekly cash flow reporting and prediction of future trends
• Monthly control account reconciliations
• Preparation of monthly management accounts, including end user/ departmental reporting, within agreed timescales.
• Ensuring the accurate and timely processing of payroll for circa 200 employees, including pension deductions.
• Providing data and working with other departments and the management team to assist with the review of job and departmental performances against budget
• Preparation and submission of quarterly VAT returns and monthly EC sales lists
• Preparation and submission of PAYE returns, including forms P11d
• Compilation of the annual audit file and liaison with the external auditors, dealing with routine audit queries
• Ad hoc finance projects as required
Other duties
The Finance Manager will provide leadership and knowledge and promote good financial practices to others within the company. This includes an expectation to offer training, guidance and support for Pegasus Opera users working within the financial modules.
This is very much a hands on role that also has direct involvement with the ongoing business strategy.
Time Management
As both internal and external reporting timescales can be very demanding, it is expected that the Finance Manager will have excellent time management ability. This will include the ability to schedule & prioritise works to ensure that both personal and departmental deadlines are met.
It is also expected that the Finance Manager will have the ability to recognise & organise the appropriate level of cover either in emergency or planned absences within the department.
Qualifications and Personal Competencies
The Finance Manager will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with proven experience of working in a SME manufacturing environment. Strong communication and managerial skills are essential, as are excellent Excel skills, problem solving ability and an eye for detail.
Previous experience of Pegasus Opera is preferred but not essential.
Location and office hours
The role will be primarily based at in Sheerness however there will be an expectation to visit other branches periodically to offer support, guidance and resolve issues, and also travel to customer or supplier premises if required.
Office hours are 8am – 5pm however there may be a need to work additional hours during the month depending on workload.
Accounts Administrator (Purchase ledger) 20751
Job Summary
An opportunity has arisen for an Accounts Administrator to join Shoreham Port, who will manage the Purchase Ledger, as well as being versatile to learn and support the Sales Ledger and any other areas of the accounts function. The Purchase Ledger will be processing supplier invoices to cover a vast range of expenditure streams for Shoreham Port, including haulage, maintenance, utilities and agency ship costs.
Responsibilities and Duties
Main duties, tasks and responsibilities:
• Downloading Daily Bank Statements from Internet Banking facility and Updating cash sheets on a daily basis.
• Preparing daily banking.
• Receipts/Direct Debit Payments, cheque requisitions, payment runs.
• Processing harbour dues and moorings invoicing on specialist software.
• Dedicated month end procedures.
• Updating and maintaining accounts systems (Access Dimensions, Word and Excel).
• Offer support with Sales Ledger, as and when required * Training will be given for those with little or no experience in Sales Ledger.
• Contribute to the maintenance of the positive public image of the Port.
Qualifications and Skills
Key skills:
• Efficiency & accuracy of work
• Attention to detail
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages
• Proficient in the use of Access Dimensions (preferred but not essential)
• Meeting deadlines on a timely basis
• Strong Communication skills and ability to decision make
• Willingness to learn and develop
• Knowledge of Accounting Principles, e.g. part or full qualified in AAT
• First aid trained * Training will be given.
Other Desirable Skills:
• Driving Licence
Please Note: Staff are subject to a full medical and drug and alcohol testing. All successful candidates must comply.
Benefits
What you’ll get from us:
• A competitive salary
• Exceptional defined benefit pension scheme
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Funded training in a supportive environment
Other wide ranging benefits
Internal Account Executive 20741
KEY ACTIVITIES
• To act as a first line support and handle incoming calls and emails from clients, helping to resolve queries where appropriate
• To source further information from clients where needed to complete search reports
• To proactively chase search reports before they become overdue to decrease turnaround times and exceed client expectations
• To help develop systems and processes to maximise benefit for poweredbypie and minimise cost
• To communicate effectively with other team members to ensure a smooth and successful operation
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• To ensure that you work with all of the other employees at poweredbypie to reach and meet the companies aims and goals
• To strive for constant improvement and development in system and product knowledge
• To provide outstanding customer service, going that ‘extra mile’ to ensure clients are satisfied
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
No formal qualifications necessary, previous experience in customer service is preferred
Account Executive 20730
We are a public relations and communications consultancy. We build awareness and manage reputations. We create the narratives that connect brands to their audience.
From digital disruptors to arts groups and local charities, we work with clients that excite and interest us, who are looking to do things differently and share our values of positive impact. Our aim is to enable everyone to fulfil their potential and we believe that by working together, and utilising our strengths to support each other, we can deliver the greatest impact.
Job Description:
We are looking for a new acccount executive to help us deliver PR and content campaigns.
The role requires strong communication and writing skills. You’ll be able to build relationships with journalists, bloggers and clients and to write engaging media content to deadline from features, news and blogs to social media stories.
You want to be part of a team that takes an active interest in the wider community.
Skills Range:
• Excellent written English, editing, copywriting
• Strong social media skills, knowledge and experience
• Excellent telephone manner and communication skills
• Strong analytical/research skills and basic maths
• Excellent organisational skills – ability to plan diverse workload in diary and juggle and manage multiple deadlines
• Good understanding and interest in UK media outlets (papers, magazines, TV/radio and online)
• Self starter, able to work on initiative
• Enthusiastic attitude and excited to learn more about the media industry
• Ability to work with a team, support and take instructions and meet deadlines
Person Specification:
• Educated to degree level
• PR and media industry knowledge
• Persuasive telephone manner
• Experienced and proficient with MS Office suite
• Social media planning and content skills
• A minimum of 9 months experience working in a deadline driven, content production, media environment, preferably a communications, digital or PR consultancy