Finance / Accounts Assistant

The Dark Horse; England; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital marketing agency in the UK is seeking a Finance / Accounts Assistant to enhance their finance functions. This hybrid role involves managing invoices, preparing payment runs, and supporting the Group Operations Director. The ideal candidate will have a proactive approach, experience with Sage Accounting, and a keen attention to detail. Enjoy a rewarding work environment with flexible hours and various perks.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Flexitime

Birthday off

Mental Wellbeing BUPA programme

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar finance or accounts role is essential.
• Good experience and working knowledge of Sage Accounting is essential.

Responsibilities

• Managing and recording customer and supplier invoices.
• Preparing a weekly payment run list to ensure timely payments.
• Undertaking bank reconciliations and monitoring overdue payments.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Proactive

Communication

Tools

Sage Accounting

Microsoft Office

Job description

Finance / Accounts Assistant

Salary - 25,000 to 27,000, dependent on experience, plus commission

Location - Hybrid with 2 days per week in our Altrincham office

Dark Horse is a renowned digital marketing agency based in the UK, specialising in PPC, SEO and Paid Social. With a diverse clientele and a commitment to delivering exceptional results, we are looking to bring more finance functions in-house to improve the efficiency of our overall operations.

Are you an accounts professional looking for your next challenge within a well-established, fast-paced, growing company?

The role

As an Accounts Assistant, you will be a vital part of the team, reporting directly to the Group Operations Director, and liaising with multiple team members where needed.

1. Managing and recording customer and supplier invoices, overseeing the whole process of raising, sending and receiving customer and supplier invoices.
2. Preparing a weekly payment run list to ensure suppliers are paid on time.
3. Logging transactions in a timely and accurate manner in the accounting system, Sage Accounting.
4. Undertaking bank reconciliations, ensuring all records are as up to date and accurate.
5. Monitoring overdue payments and undertaking credit control activities in a proactive manner.
6. Fielding and answering internal and external queries relating to invoices, payments and everything in between.
7. Supporting the Group Operations Director with general administrative and reporting and month-end tasks.

What's on offer

We think we've built a great place to work, where every individual feels rewarded for the effort they put in. Enjoy this along with:

• Hybrid working
• Flexitime
• Birthday off, obvs
• Leafy Altrincham location
• Mental Wellbeing BUPA programme
• Dark Horse will carbon offset your role with The Dark Forest (green is good)
• Working in an amazing team - Learning from some fantastic people

Other stuff too - This is mostly the small stuff we use to make us look good on LinkedIn. Can't remember most of it. It's largely irrelevant. Don't fall for the "Beer Tap in office" and other race to the bottom stuff. This is a career we are talking about here

The requirements

• A proactive individual who is confident handling multiple tasks
• Previous experience in a similar finance or accounts role (essential)
• Good experience and working knowledge of Sage Accounting (essential)
• A high level of attention to detail
• The ability to respond professionally to internal and external queries
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel

If you're driven and ready to grow, we'd love to hear from you!