Accounts Assistant

About Marele Accountancy

Marele Accountancy is The Integrated Financial Management and Accounting Specialist for domiciliary care businesses.

The Position

Marele Accountancy is expanding its Bournemouth team and seeking to hire a full-time Accounts Assistant. The candidate must be Level 4 UK AAT or ACCA qualified, experienced with payroll and with a thorough understanding of the operational financial function structure, bookkeeping to and including trial balance, management accounts and year-end accounts. The role is office-based. Experience in a domiciliary care financial role is an advantage.

You will have the full support of our expertise and experience including appropriate training, guidance and study support. You've got to have attention to detail, responsibility, passion for excellence, respect towards your peers and pride in what you do. You will only accept the best performance from yourself.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Invoicing
• Payroll
• Bookkeeping to include VAT returns
• Preparation of trial balance
• Cash flow management, including credit control, payment management and cash flow forecast
• Budgeting
• Month-end procedures
• Monthly management accounts
• Costing
• Preparation & submission of year-end accounts
• Preparation & submission of self-assessment tax returns for individuals
• Configuration of financial processes and procedures
• Assisting with financial operations identified within a business accounts department
• Ad-hoc duties when required

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as your role evolves within the organization.

Requirements:

• Level 4 UK AAT or ACCA qualified
• Experience in a similar role: minimum 2 years
• A minimum of 1 year of payroll processing experience
• Experience in a domiciliary care financial role is an advantage
• Very good control and understanding of double-entry bookkeeping & financial accounting
• Confident with Xero, SageCloud, Sage50 Accounts, QuickBooks
• Must be based in Bournemouth/Poole
• Must hold the right to work in the UK
• Must live locally

Skills:

• A very good standard of English Language
• Excellent customer service skills
• Computer literacy including developed skills in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook, Access, Excel) and usage of databases
• Excellent verbal, written, telephone, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Proven ability to understand and follow policies, processes and procedures
• A good team worker who is self-motivated, flexible, takes initiative, works unsupervised and follows work discipline
• Proactive with a strong ability to multitask, manage variable workloads and prioritise effectively
• Accuracy and attention to detail