Position: Purchase Ledger/Accounts Administrator

Contract Type: 1 year contract with permanent opportunity thereon

Salary:  £10.00 per hour

Hours: 20 hours per week – times/days to be discussed

Location: Remote working from home

Interviews: ASAP

Start Date: January 2021

The Company

EAB is a multi-award winning luxury bespoke client build and property development company. We are a family business, based in Beaconsfield, with passion, care and dedication for the properties we design and construct.

We have a rare opportunity for a reliable, efficient and easy-going Purchase Ledger/Accounts Administrator with strong organisation skills and a keen eye for detail to work remotely from home.

The job is ideal for someone dictated by childcare/family restrictions, wanting to decrease their working week or have time for studying, but with a strong skill set from previous roles.

Hours can be discussed to suit – with the opportunity to do extra hours when available and increase as the company grows if suitable to your circumstances.

Responsibilities

Working alongside other members of the Financial Team, with the overseeing of the Merchant Ledger, involving:

• Controlling the Merchant email account
• Sending invoices to Xero, our online accounting software
• Accurate matching of invoices with electronic purchase orders, ensuring quantities and prices are as agreed
• Proactively resolving invoice queries
• Liaise with other team members to resolve queries and approve invoices
• Reconciling supplier statements
• Monthly and weekly payments by BACS and sending email remittances
• Input of all payments onto relevant cost sheets

There will also be a share of general administration, including:

• Managing front of house telephone calls
• Printing, scanning and copying
• Stationary & ad hoc supply ordering
• Data Entry
• Ad-hoc tasks as and when required by all members of the EAB team

Responsibilities can be extended based upon ability within the role and keenness to improve.

Individual

• Accounts experience crucial – 2 year minimum
• Must be familiar with Xero as an accounting system
• Oral and written communication skills will be essential – email and telephone communication will be a large part of the role and you must have a professional, confident manner and good vocabulary
• Ability to gel within a small team and be willing to muck in, with a positive and friendly but professional attitude
• Strong Microsoft Office skills – we extensively use Outlook and Excel
• Attention to detail and organisation with the ability to work under pressure

Finer details

• Monthly payment on 10th of each month
• Standard 28 day annual holiday scheme, including a company shutdown over Christmas and New Year
• We will provide IT equipment, stationery and phone
• Benefits available once permanent, including a cash back Healthshield scheme

Training and Management

You will be trained both remotely and at our offices in HP15 and although this is a remote role, you must be willing to attend the office as and when required, including a minimum of two times a month for a face to face with our Directors to run through queries and to do any scanning or shredding.

Tagged as: accounts, construction, Excel, purchase ledger, remote working, Xero