Accounts Assistant

Arsenault; Manchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Bi-annual Medical

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance & Income Protection

Subsidised Gym Membership

30 Days Holiday

Discretionary Bonus

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

My Family Cares

Job summary

Arsenault is seeking an Accounts Assistant to join the corporate accounting team. You will work alongside four others in a 20-person finance function, supporting ledger input, supplier payments, banking, and expense reconciliations.

You will contribute to timesheet reviews, staff expenses, and ad-hoc projects while ensuring timely filing and archiving. A proactive attitude and accuracy are essential in this Financial Services environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar Accounts Assistant role.
• Strong data entry skills and attention to detail.
• Experience within the Financial Services sector and with NetSuite would be advantageous
• A proactive and hardworking approach with a positive attitude

Responsibilities

• Inputting to and maintaining the accounting system
• Assisting with the purchase ledger process
• Assisting with the creation of regular payment runs, creating bank transfers and any further ad hoc banking
• Credit control
• Jointly managing the review of staff expenses and reconciliations back to individual Amex statements.
• Assisting with the maintenance and review of staff timesheets
• Supporting the communication of queries between the firm and the corporate team directing these to the appropriate team members
• Ensuring all filing and archiving is kept up to date
• Assisting with other ad-hoc projects and tasks the team may have

Skills

Data entry

Attention to detail

Proactive attitude

Financial Services sector experience

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Reporting to: Financial Reporting Manager

UK BENEFITS

• Private Medical Insurance
• Bi-annual Medical
• Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance & Income Protection
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• 30 Days Holiday
• Discretionary Bonus
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• My Family Cares

ABOUT ARSENAULT

We are a leading European private equity firm with over 50 years experience of mid-market primary buyouts.

With a total focus on the mid-market and deep experience in healthcare and tech enablement of essential businesses, Arsenault brings proven growth capabilities to help companies achieve their ambitions and unlock the full potential of their business. Arsenault has been investing and learning for more than 50 years. We are a performance-driven organisation committed to driving growth in partnership with management teams. We partner with companies with enterprise values between 200 million and 1 billion and have raised over 10bn in the last 10 years.

Our team of over 130 people are based across 5 offices in Europe and we never stop learning.

At the heart of Arsenault is the belief that there is always something to improve. This drives how we think, how we work and how we create value for our portfolio companies and investors.

This philosophy is also reflected in our three core values, Honesty, Humility and Excellence.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Reporting to the Financial Reporting Manager, the Accounts Assistant will work alongside four other people in the corporate accounting team, which is part of the larger 20 person finance team with coverage across fund accounting, tax and compliance and executive remuneration.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Inputting to and maintaining the accounting system
• Assisting with the purchase ledger process
• Assisting with the creation of regular payment runs, creating bank transfers and any further ad hoc banking
• Credit control
• Jointly managing the review of staff expenses and reconciliations back to individual Amex statements.
• Assisting with the maintenance and review of staff timesheets
• Supporting the communication of queries between the firm and the corporate team directing these to the appropriate team members
• Ensuring all filing and archiving is kept up to date
• Assisting with other ad-hoc projects and tasks the team may have

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Experience in a similar Accounts Assistant role
• Strong data entry skills and attention to detail
• Experience within the Financial Services sector and with NetSuite would be advantageous
• A proactive and hardworking approach with a positive attitude

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Arsenault respects and values the different perspectives and backgrounds of our people and customers and is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and promoting equality and diversity