XERO Accounts Assistant

Team Assistant and XERO Accounts Assistant, paying £30K – 32K per annum required ASAP - FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY!!

Full-time, permanent. Monday to Friday, 9am-5:30pm OR 9am-4:30pm.

My client, a leading fashion designer, is looking for a positive, proactive and multiskilled individual to join their busy team. This is an on-site, in office role, in lovely sunny office at Kew Gardens.

This is an interesting and varied on site role, working in a creative environment with international reach. If you want to work in a pleasant, varied, and interesting environment, where no day is the same, then this is the perfect role for you!

If you have at least 2 years’ experience in finance tasks using Xero and other experience in a customer facing role and administration, this role will interest you.

What can you expect

• 30 days holiday (inc bank holidays)
• Annual clothing allowance
• Lovely office based next to Kew Gardens station.
• Busy, varied, and open company culture

Are you the right person for the job

Qualifications- one of the below

• AAT level 2,3 or 4 in accounting.
• NVQ levels 2, 3 and 4 in accounting.

Experience and skills

• Good working knowledge of XERO software essential

• Excel To intermediate level - able to produce charts and graphs.
• Knowledge of outlook, and other Microsoft software.
• Fluent in English and good literacy skills.
• Admin experience (not reception role)
• Accurate – and able to pay attention to detail.
• Understanding of currency conversion.
• Good communication skills
• Strong numerical skills
• Computer literacy in all Microsoft packages
• Team player with a flexible attitude

What will your role as a Team Assistant – Xero accounts Assistant look like

Finance tasks using Excel & XERO – 30% of the role

• Managing purchase and sales ledger on Xero including coding daily.
• Preparing payment runs and monitoring credit control.
• Preparing invoices.
• Bank reconciliations, weekly and monthly.
• Responsible for petty cash and currency floats and creation of travel expense reports.
• Ensure the compliance of administration, finance and policies and procedures.
• Import foreign exchange provider statements to Xero monthly and reconcile

Logistics – 30% of the role

• Processing and shipping web orders, exchanges, and returns.
• Booking shipping & tracking customer orders
• Preparing Certificates of Origin
• Booking travel
• Updating stock and briefing production with requirements

Customer Communication 20% of the role

• Qualifying enquiries and answering straight forward ones
• Researching new opportunities
• Updating CRM and preparing physical mail outs

Team coordination & Admin 20% of the role

• Answering the phone and greeting customers & couriers
• Managing the office environment: maintenance, utilities, insurance, and Health & Safety contracts.
• Replenishing office supplies and organising refreshments for staff and events.
• Managing staff holidays
• Keeping the office environment tidy and organised