Accounts Assistant

Encore Capital Group; West Malling; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm located in West Malling is seeking a detail-oriented Accounts Assistant to join their Finance team. This role is crucial for maintaining the accuracy of financial records, preparing invoices, and managing payment processes. Candidates should have strong analytical skills and experience in a fast-paced environment. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits, with a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Private health insurance

Qualifications

• Experience or desire to work in a Finance team.
• Self-motivated; ability to manage own workload.
• Highly organised and methodical with a 'Can Do' attitude.

Responsibilities

• Code, scan, and enter invoices onto Workday.
• Input third party invoice analysis journals into Workday.
• Administer UK Group Company Credit cards.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Proactive

Good computer literacy

Excellent analytical skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Tools

Workday

Job description

We’re looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team from our Kings Hill office, ME19 4UA.

This role plays a key part in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financial records by reviewing, preparing, and posting detailed invoice breakdowns by Portfolio code, as well as managing accruals, prepayments, and company credit card spend in line with our policies. The successful candidate will also provide essential cover for the Accounts Payable Supervisor, including overseeing weekly payment runs managed by MCM India and ensuring all due invoices are fully approved and processed within business timeframes.

What you can expect as an Accounts Assistant

• Competitive salary
• Perm
• Hybrid role

Not only are we offering a competitive salary and a fantastic bonus scheme, you’ll also be entitled to loads of great benefits including, discount and cash back on hundreds of high-street shops and private health insurance, plus much more.

Key responsibilities include:

• Code, scan and enter urgent manual invoices when the Accounts Payable Supervisor is unavailable onto Workday
• Uploading Third party invoice analysis journals into Workday and being responsible for the associated monthly Certification for the Invoice Control account as well as uploading the information into the associated Data warehouse
• Being administrator for the UK Group Company Credit cards including user set up, posting unapproved transactions accrual and owning the associated monthly certificate
• Posting all accounting entries in relation to Accounts Payable Invoices including Prepayments, Receipted goods accrual and Unapproved invoices including associated Certifications
• Assisting the wider Reporting team with Bank reconciliations
• Cover for reviewing the weekly payment run for authorisation.
• Ad-hoc journals as and when required
• Monitor the accounts payable inbox when the Accounts Payable Supervisor is not in to ensure each email is dealt with promptly and assist the business with urgent PO and Expense report creation.
• To identify process improvements where applicable and help develop / implement

We are looking for someone with:

• Worked in a fast-paced processing environment
• Experience or desire to work in a Finance team
• Self-motivated with ability to multi-task and effectively manage own workload, prioritising effectively and consistently meet deadlines
• Good computer literacy with experience using computer-based accounting systems, word processing, spreadsheets and other standard business software
• Skills to cope with dynamic and busy environment
• Highly organised and methodical with a ‘Can Do’ attitude.
• Excellent analytical skills with proven attention to detail

What happens next?

If this sounds like you and you’d like to join our rapidly expanding company that offers excellent career progression, then apply now!

Working for Cabot:

You’ll be working for an award winning; Investors in People Gold accredited organisation. We’re passionate about the ethical treatment of our customers and employees. Our mission is to create pathways to economic freedom. Our vision is to make credit accessible by partnering with our consumers to restore their financial health.

Diversity and inclusion

are very important to us at Cabot, and we value a multitude of diverse talent within our business. We want everyone to be themselves at work and encourage a culture that includes everyone. Our policies ensure that every candidate and employee are treated fairly and with equal opportunities.

At Cabot we are highly regulated by our clients, as such, any successful candidates will have to undergo a basic credit check and criminal background check. Please note that we are unable to proceed to interview stage if a CCJ, IVA or Bankruptcy appears on a credit file, or if you do not have full right to work in the UK – we are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship.