Accounts Assistant (Part Time 20-25 hours per week)

Job Title:             Accounts Assistant

Salary:                 £23k - £26k (Pro Rata)

Location:             Wilmslow

Founded in 2013 by a team of experienced telecommunications professionals, Zest4 have rapidly grown to become one of the UK’s leading providers of Unified Communications solutions. In 2023, Zest4 joined the Focus Group UK to lead the wholesale / indirect strategic channel offering for the group.

Through our strategic partnerships with industry leading communications providers such as O2 (Zest4 are an O2 Joined-Up Communications Wholesale Partner), Vodafone, EE, Gamma, Arkessa, 8x8 and TelcoSwitch, we offer flexible, bespoke communications solutions and access to great commercial deals.

Based in Cheshire, the company operates through traditional mobile dealers and reseller channel partners, building on our vast experience of the telecoms billing arena. The team have expanded the product set whilst maintaining the same ethos of service being the core of their offer.

As part of the finance team, you will report to the Management Accountant providing support to deliver key outputs for the finance team. These include the Management accounts, Balance sheet reconciliations (including intercompany) and the VAT return.

You will be required to utilise your experience in a finance role to supporting the Management Accountant to ensure the business is run in an efficient and controlled way by ensuring the ledgers reflect the current business position.

You should demonstrate excellent organisational skills; you will have a strong administrative background and will be confidently able to apply this to your role in assisting with all aspects of administrative accounting tasks.

High levels of accuracy with the ability to communicate with suppliers and relay information are key requirements of the role.

Support other finance managers and the wider business in general administrative tasks and finance processes.

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

The successful candidate should have:

• An understating of finance systems.
• An understanding of accounts payable processes and being able to perform typical purchase ledger / accounts assistant tasks.
• Be used to running control reports like aged creditors / debtors or cashbook reconciliation.

Prerequisite skills / experience

• 2 years+ experience in a Finance role.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good with numbers and a positive approach to task management.
• Should demonstrate good organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Microsoft Office skills. Including MS Excel.
• Experience of using accounting systems / ERP

Desirable skills / experience

• Experience within the telecommunications industry is an advantage but not essential.
• Foundation level accounting qualification is an advantage but not essential.
• Experience using Sage and or Microsoft Dynamics CRM is an advantage but not essential.

• The successful candidate will benefit from an excellent training and personal development plan, with the full support of the Zest4 management team.
• Salary £23k-£26k basic, dependent on skills and experience (Pro Rata for part time).
• Discretionary Personal and business performance linked bonuses up to £3k p.a. (Pro Rata for part time).
• Discounted staff tariffs.
• Private medical and life assurance.
• Hybrid working, typically 2 days a week office based subject to business needs.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Holidays - 22 days starting allowance, Increasing by 1 day after each of the first 2 years’ service (Pro Rata for part time) plus your birthday off, Holiday trading scheme also available.
• Regular social calendar including summer / Christmas celebrations, team and charity fundraising events and volunteering opportunities.

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