Part-time Accounts Assistant
Type: Part-time, C20 hours per week, flexible
Location: Sawston, Cambridge (office-based)
Salary: £26-£30k pro rata
We’re hiring a part-time Accounts Assistant in our Sawston office, and we can be really flexible with your hours to work around your other commitments, such as school drop off.
At PAXT, we grow international markets on behalf of some of the world’s leading professional audio brands. We are looking for a friendly and highly organised Accounts Assistant to help with the finance function within our growing business.
Key responsibilities
- Assisting with the preparation of financial reports and statements
- Processing Supplier invoices, using "Dynamics 365 Business Central" (which we can train you to use)
- Allocating customers’ money and Monitoring customers accounts
- Assisting with the preparation of monthly VAT returns
- Reconciling bank accounts and other financial records to ensure accuracy
- Support with Monthly payroll
- Preparing supplier payment runs
- Assisting with processing and analysing company credit card statements
- Preparing and posting journals
- Supporting with monitoring cash flow
- Support month-end and year-end closing processes
Experience, attributes, and skills
- Attention to detail: The ability to accurately process financial data is crucial
- Accuracy: Maintaining the integrity of financial records is essential
- Organisational skills: Keeping records organised and efficient
- Computer literacy: Proficiency in accounting software and spreadsheets
- Communication skills: The ability to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues
- Analytical skills: The ability to identify and analyse financial data
- Problem-solving skills: The ability to identify and resolve financial discrepancies
About PAXT
With over 30 years’ experience in developing, managing and supplying markets across Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe, we are the trusted export partner for many of the world’s leading professional audio brands.
PAXT is committed to delivering higher volumes and more profitable export sales to our brand partners than they would otherwise achieve without us. It’s a challenge that we’ve met consistently throughout our 30-year history, thanks to a unique combination of hard-won local knowledge and modern, streamlined logistics.
We are deeply passionate about professional audio installation and expect that passion to flow through our business to drive excellence and an uncompromising level of service. We love getting to know the regions in which we operate thoroughly and personally, with countless visits and an unquenchable thirst for local insight. We are also committed to fair and equitable partnerships, and our brand partners benefit from our hard-earned experience in the administration, governance, and management of international exports at a local level.