ID : 12347
Accounts Assistant
Head Office Ipswich
Full Time 37 hours per week.
Salary Range Starting from £ 16,500 per annum
Leading Lives provides a range of social care and support across Suffolk to adults with learning disabilities. Our aim is to enable vulnerable people to live full, active lives in their own communities and supporting them to lead the life they choose.
We have an exciting new role for an Accounts Assistant to join our Head Office team to act as the first point of contact for all customers and be responsible for the financial administration of the service. We are looking for candidates who are flexible in their approach to work and will use their initiative to develop and improve the service and procedures. Acting as first point of contact you will need to liaise and provide information to customers, funding providers and management. It is therefore essential that you can demonstrate effective communication and customer service skills to a diverse range of contacts.
Responsibilities include:
Provide support to the finance officer and budget managers on financial matters
Ensure financial information is available on a timely basis
Work flexibly to support delivery across the service
Collation of payroll data, calculations and queries
Monitoring and analysis of outstanding debts
Priorities effectively to ensure that deadlines are met
Efficiency of system and process
End of year accounting and audits
Support the effective delivery of financial information to all levels of the business
Ensure accurate and timely information is available for budget monitoring
Day to day administration of orders, invoices and payments
Assist with preparation of annual auditor pack to external auditor deadline
Assist with other tasks as and when required to assist the Business Team
Personal qualities:
Minimum Part AAT
Qualification with working experience
Access Dimensions or similar
Commercially astute and business focused.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
Ability to work effectively under pressure
