Accounts Assistant

Up to £14,933 - 20 hours/week (up to £28,000 FTE) depending on skills and experience

The role

The role of accounts assistant/purchase ledger supports the Finance team, managing the accounts mailbox, entering invoices and matching these to PO’s ensuring that entries are correctly authorised. A big part of this role will be building relationships with our suppliers and working in a fun team environment.

This position is expected to last approximately 10 months.

Benefits we can offer you include

• 22 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increases by 1 day/year up to 27 days (pro rata).
• A day off for your birthday in addition to annual leave.
• Employee referral scheme – refer a friend for a job and receive a reward if they are successful.
• Free parking.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee discount on Lightning Fibre broadband.
• Healthcare cash plan including reimbursement towards dental, optical and physiotherapy etc.
• Company maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay.
• Life assurance policy.

Key task and responsibilities

• Managing accounts inbox.
• Purchase ledger processing. Entering invoices and matching to PO, check correctly authorised and entered on Xero to correct codes, with correct VAT treatment.
• Prepare information for supplier payment runs, reconcile PL.
• Manage debtors ledger/aged payables.
• Expenses and credit card processing.
• Process bank receipts and payments, for bank reconciliation.
• Supporting the Finance team with various tasks.
• Working with members of the Lightning Fibre team to ensure appropriate approvals are received.
• Reconcile contractors’ invoices to pre-measurement documents.

Skills and competencies required

• Ideally AAT qualified or part qualified.
• Experience within a similar position.
• Time management.
• Accurate data entry.
• Attention to detail.

Who we are

Lightning Fibre was established in 2018 and is the leading local alternative network provider of symmetric full fibre broadband in East Sussex. We build and operate our own network from our headquarters in Polegate.

Our broadband network can supply our standard installed customers with anything up to 10 Gigabits in both download and uploads.

We are a community orientated network operator, whose aim is to significantly upgrade our region’s broadband infrastructure. By providing local jobs and keeping local £’s in the areas we serve, we act as a vital enabler to grow our digital local economy.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 10 months

Pay: Up to £14,933.00 per year

Expected hours: 20 per week

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• accounts: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 13/09/2024