Finance Assistant
Based: Hemel Hempstead, with hybrid working
Type: Full-time
Salary: Up to £35k
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK
The Academia Group are a rapidly growing IT solutions provider, and we're looking for a solid finance assistant to add value to the team.
Key Responsibilities
- Assisting in purchase ledger, including matching & posting invoices, managing credit notes and monthly reconciliation.
- Managing the queries relating to supplier accounts
- Managing finance mailbox
- Producing sales invoices
- Dealing with customer queries on a daily basis
- Assist credit control on outstanding queries
- Daily bank reconciliations
- Processing staff expenses
- Making payment runs/managing a direct debit system
- Reconciling Supplier statements
- Support the month-end close process including assisting with accruals and prepayments
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances
About you
- At least 2 years in a similar role
- Exceptional standards in quality of work
- Productive and efficient
- Excellent grasp of job-related knowledge
- Ability to work under pressure
- Establishes and maintain constructive working relationships and is a team player
- Enthusiastic communicator
- Deadline achiever
- Excellent time management
- Able to demonstrate drive and ambition
- Fulfil senior managers expectations and timely report back requested information
About Us
Academia Group is a leading UK IT solutions provider, specialising in technology for education, public sector and commercial clients.
Following recent growth and the acquisition of Smartdesc into the group, we are now entering a new phase focused on operational excellence, scalability and culture.
With a turnover of over £140m, 300+ staff and a target EBITDA of £6m+, we are building a unified, values-driven organisation that empowers people to perform at their best.
Benefits
- Gym membership contribution
- Health Cash Plan
- Increased annual leave with length of service
- Free annual leave on your birthday
- Length of service bonus
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid working
- Free Will Writing service
- Life Insurance
- And much more!
What We Do
Smartdesc is an IT Service Provider and Microsoft Gold Partner whose focus is not-for-profit organisations, which includes charities, social enterprises, and the public sector.
We are one of only two NCVO-approved Trusted Suppliers for IT to the sector, and we help dozens of organisations improve their IT effectiveness.
Our specialisms are IT Strategy, Cyber Security, IT Support / Helpdesk, Data Protection, and Cloud Infrastructure Management & Migrations such as Microsoft 365 and Azure.
We are proud to work with charities of all sizes, including national and international organisations such as Mind, YMCA, WaterAid, Terrence Higgins Trust, Teenage Cancer Trust and many more.
