Accounts Assistant

Smart Communications group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

Gym membership

Pension contribution

25 days holiday plus birthday day off

Job summary

Smart Communications is seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant to join its fast-paced Finance team. The role requires hands-on experience with P&L, Balance Sheet and multi-currency transactions, and knowledge of procurement/purchase orders.

You will report to the Accounts Payable Manager and work across EMEA, NAM, and APAC regions. Located in Covent Garden, the role offers a fully remote setup with a hybrid element for occasional office work and a comprehensive benefits package including

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience in accounts payable.
• Good communication skills with expeditious responses to stakeholders.
• Self-starter with ability to use own initiative to tackle problems and improve procedures.
• Exposure to multi-currency transactions across multinational businesses.
• Good excel skills and excellent eye for detail.
• Enthusiatic and self-motivated.
• Working towards a professional qualification i.e., AAT/ACCA/CIM.

Responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices as per PO/procurement system and in line with the approved budget.
• Managing finance mailbox
• Ensuring all expenditures comply with company policies and procedures, including escalations and follow ups with individual staff members to ensure compliance with policies.
• Ensuring correct tax treatment of all purchase ledger transactions
• Preparing supplier and payment reconciliations as required
• Preparing payment proposals
• Assisting with year-end global audit requests
• Month end AP related balance sheet reconciliations
• Main point of contact for procurement team – acts as a bridge/support between payables and procurement

Skills

Accounts payable

Multi-currency transactions

Communication skills

Self-starter

Attention to detail

Professional qualification effort

Education

AAT/ACCA/CIM

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are a growing, fast-paced Finance team looking for an experienced Accounts Assistant to join our fast-paced Finance team. We take pride in hiring smart, collaborative individuals who seek to add value to the business; the ideal candidate will be confident in working autonomously but enjoys being a part of a friendly, collaborative team.

About Smart Communications

Smart Communications is a leading customer engagement technology provider for regulated industries. The company helps organizations simplify the complex interactions that shape people's lives by enabling more connected, personalized, and trusted customer engagement. Its Customer Engagement Platform brings together data collection, customer communications, journey orchestration, trusted AI, and information management to help organizations create seamless experiences across the customer lifecycle. By connecting the systems, processes, and interactions that drive critical business outcomes, Smart Communications enables organizations to improve customer experience, increase operational efficiency, strengthen compliance, and build trust at every touchpoint. More than 700 enterprises worldwide, including Zurich Insurance, Priority Health, The Pacific Financial Group, and The Bancorp, rely on Smart Communications to power engagement in regulated environments. With more than 30 pre-built integrations to leading enterprise platforms including Salesforce, AWS, Guidewire, Duck Creek, OneSpan, and Pega, Smart Communications powers more than 60 billion mission-critical customer interactions each year. To learn more, visit smartcommunications.com.

Who are you?

Ideally, we are looking for candidates who have previous experience in working within a fast-paced, B2B environment who are looking to add value to the business function. Additionally, it is crucial that the Accounts Assistant has had practical exposure to the P&L, Balance Sheet and multi-currency/subsidiary experience, as well as knowledge of procurement/purchase order processes. This new position requires a hands on approach and will play an important role in the operational activities of the EMEA, NAM and APAC regions reporting to Accounts Payable Manager.

The responsibilities of the role include:

Main duties:

• Process supplier invoices as per PO/procurement system and in line with the approved budget
• Managing finance mailbox
• Ensuring all expenditures comply with company policies and procedures, including escalations and follow ups with individual staff members to ensure compliance with policies
• Ensuring correct tax treatment of all purchase ledger transactions
• Preparing supplier and payment reconciliations as required
• Preparing payment proposals
• Assisting with year-end global audit requests
• Month end AP related balance sheet reconciliations
• Main point of contact for procurement team – acts as a bridge/support between payables and procurement

What we’re looking for:

Must have skills/experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience in accounts payable
• Good communication skills with expeditious responses to stakeholders
• Self-starter with ability to use own initiative to tackle problems and improve procedures
• Exposure to multi-currency transactions across multinational businesses
• Good excel skills and excellent eye for detail
• Enthusiatic and self-motivated
• Working towards a professional qualification i.e., AAT/ACCA/CIM

We look for the following core competencies in everyone we hire at Smart Communications:

• Analytical ability - effectiveness in analysing situations and identifying key issues.
• Planning and execution – monitoring progress, taking action when necessary to rectify situations / meet deadlines.
• Proactive – taking responsibility for making things happen.
• Social Magnetism – taking actions, that show awareness of one's own impact on others.
• Teamwork – collaborating with and promoting collaboration between different parts of the business.
• Technical expertise – keeping up to date technically within one's own functional area.
• Adaptability – stability of performance under uncertainty and pressure.
• Communication & influence – using appropriate interpersonal styles and methods of communication to influence others positively to obtain agreement between different interests.

We look for the following SMART values in everyone we hire at Smart Communications:

• Speak Openly - We are positive, creative, helpful, kind and we have fun. We listen and provide constructive feedback. Through meaningful conversations we encourage each other to be the best that we can be. We're not complainers we're problem solvers.
• Make a Difference - We focus on the things that matter and prioritize the things that have the greatest impact. We celebrate success and hold ourselves accountable for our choices. We don't sit on the sidelines.
• Agile & Flexible - We are focused on evolving, improving and growing. We think differently and challenge the status quo with open minds. We ask 'why?' so that we can help remove complexity. We don't allow hurdles to get in our way.
• Results-Focused - We get stuff done by being efficient, working at pace and paying attention to detail. We focus on finding solutions and fixing things. We don't believe in being busy for the sake of being busy, we focus on productivity.
• Teamwork - We are stronger and better together. We collaborate, trust and support each other to deliver results for our company and our customers. We don't want anyone to feel disengaged, we're in this together!

What's the deal?

We will provide you with the tools, equipment and support to give you the best possible chance of success and over-achieving your goals. Salary will depend on your experience and will be highly competitive.

In addition to a friendly and fun working environment, we provide a range of other benefits, including extensive health insurance, income protection, life assurance, subsidised gym membership, leisure travel insurance, pension contribution and 25 days' holiday allowance plus an additional day off for your birthday!

Located in Covent Garden, our offices are comfortable, flexible, and are always stocked with free beverages and fresh fruit.

This role is fully remote. This role has a hybrid setup with occasional work from the office required.

We only consider applicants with current legal right to work in the countries in which our positions are based. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status or gender identity.

To learn more about Smart Communications visit:

https://www.smartcommunications.com/