Office Administrator

MHA; Colchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accounting firm in Colchester is seeking an Office Administrator to handle administrative tasks, manage office duties, and support team operations. The ideal candidate should have office experience, IT skills, and be organized and detail-oriented. This full-time position offers a supportive work environment with a focus on work-life balance.

Benefits

Genuine work-life balance

Up to 33 days holiday

Employee referral scheme paying up to £4000

Paid CSR time

Qualifications

• Experience of an office environment.
• IT literacy required.
• Accuracy and attention to detail needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage office filing and GDPR document collection.
• Assist with meeting room setups and refreshments.
• Handle incoming and outgoing post and deliveries.

Skills

Office experience

IT literate

Good telephone manner

Accuracy and attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Organisational skills

Enthusiastic and willing to learn

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Job description

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Office Administrator Job Description – Colchester

Who we are

Here at MHA, we take the time to create great relationships with our clients to become not just their trusted advisers, but valued partners that face the future together.

As a Top 13 firm of chartered accountants, tax and business advisers, we work in partnership with clients ranging from entrepreneurs and individuals to multi-national corporations. We work together to navigate an ever-changing business world and proactively identify the opportunities that tomorrow presents.

Leveraging our national network of offices, we offer a comprehensive range of financial and business strategy services to clients across the UK, enabling them to achieve profitable growth and build sustainable long-term success.

As a member of Baker Tilly International, we have a global reach that allows us to offer our insight and expertise wherever our clients need us to be. We believe this makes us a national and international partner of choice for entrepreneurs and multi-national enterprises across the world.

Our agile and responsive approach means we are always on hand to have the right conversations about with clients at the right time, allowing us to identify their goals and business needs both now, and in the future.

Purpose of the Role

To support our Colchester office with Administration needs including post room activities, typing, scanning, filing, storage, catering/room set ups and general office duties.

Main Responsibilities

• Undertake retrieving files from and sending files to storage.
• Undertake office filing and collecting documents for GDPR purposes.
• Undertake printing, photocopying, binding, laminating of documents.
• Undertake printing and distributing of course notes and PowerPoint presentations.
• Undertake AML related tasks.
• Undertake local by hand deliveries and going to the bank.
• Undertake collection and removal of confidential wastepaper, waste cardboard and waste plastics for recycling.
• Cover post activities i.e., open, sort and distribute incoming post; frank outgoing post and take sacks to loading bay.
• Scanning of incoming post.
• Cover new client set-ups in CCH/iManage client database and credit searches.
• Assist with meeting room set-ups i.e., furniture, equipment and catering requirements
• Assist with telephone and IT equipment issues.
• Assist with photocopier faults & toner replenishment.
• Assist with issuing temporary and new security passes i.e., take and print photos, log pass numbers.
• Assist with reception cover i.e, field telephone calls, take messages, arrange couriers.
• Assist with preparing refreshments for meetings / partners.
• Assist with petty cash, cheque requisitions, preparing disbursement T10 forms.
• Assist with company acquisition projects i.e., relocating staff, equipment and furniture.
• Ad hoc tasks, as required.

Qualification and Skills

• Experience of an office environment
• IT literate (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Good telephone manner
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Flexibility and able to multi-task
• Organisation
• Enthusiastic and willing to learn

What’s in it for you?

• Genuine work life balance.
• Accredited Investor in People.
• New and improved programme for Succession planning and supportive management structure to help you realise your potential.
• Up to 33 days holiday including bank holidays, plus the opportunity to buy up to 5 days.
• Amazing employee referral scheme, paying up to £4000 for a successful referral.
• Paid CSR time.
• And more!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Accounting

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