Accounts Assistant

Symbiotic Talent; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Family culture

Job summary

Symbiotic Talent in Edinburgh is seeking an Assistant Accountant to cover a 12-month maternity leave in a hybrid role reporting to the Financial Controller.

You will handle Accounts Receivable and Payable, banking, and card reconciliations for a growing business with a family feel and wonderful culture. Strong Excel and bookkeeping experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bookkeeping qualification or numerate subject required.
• Minimum of 2 years in a similar role.
• Experience in a growing entrepreneurial business is helpful.
• Initiative and self-starting attitude.
• Strong Excel skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and send invoices using Sage and CRM data; manage customer setup.
• Review invoices weekly with CFO and monitor outstanding debt with sales.
• Process supplier invoices; raise POs and manage supplier setup.
• Reconcile bank accounts weekly and manage Pleo cards.

Skills

Excel skills

Initiative

Time management

Education

Bookkeeping qualification or numerate subject

Tools

Sage

CRM

Experian

Pleo

Job description

A fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Accountant to cover maternity leave (12 months) to work in a high growth business in Edinburgh city centre (hybrid). The people are one of the selling point of this business and it has a family feel and wonderful culture.

Reporting to the Financial Controller in Edinburgh, this includes but is not restricted to:

Accounts Receivable:

• Prepare and send new invoices to customers on Sage, the details of which are send from the CRM
• Manage the customer set-up
• Review the accuracy of the new invoices weekly with the CFO
• Monitor Accounts Receivable for late payers and follow up on outstanding debt with customers and the sales team
• Effective digital filing of customer invoices
• Manage the admin e-mail in-box for correspondence from sales and customers
• Manage credit checks on Experian

Accounts Payable:

• Manage the accounts payable email in-box for correspondence from suppliers
• Manage the supplier set-up
• Raise purchase orders in line with levels of authority for procuring supply of services and stock for the company
• Prepare weekly payment files for review. Load payments into bank
• Monitor Accounts Payable for late payments and outstanding invoices
• Effective digital filing of supplier invoices

Banking and Internal Employee Cards:

• Reconcile the bank accounts weekly
• Manage the Pleo debit cards within the business

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Bookkeeping qualification, or a numerate subject, however other backgrounds will be considered
• Minimum of 2 years in a similar role
• Worked in a growing entrepreneurial business would be helpful
• Initiative - self-starting not passive
• Technical - strong excel skills

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Excellent time management/scheduling/planning with an acute level of responsibility.