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Company description

Criticaleye is a Peer-to-Peer Board Community for CEOs, senior executives and global leadership teams. We have over 20 years’ experience working with individuals and senior teams, providing a full range of support - from personal leadership development to achieving strategic alignment.

Summary of position

Criticaleye is currently seeking a junior/graduate Accounts Assistant (Full Time Role) to join our growing Accounts team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual looking to kick-start their career with a diverse portfolio of responsibilities.

Based in our London office, the new Accounts Assistant will support the Accounts team in overseeing the day-to-day accounting and financial process of the company and its subsidiaries.

The Accounts Assistant will be responsible for ensuring that the company’s finances are properly administered and monitored. The Account Assistant will be responsible for responding to all day-to-day accounting queries from... customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be a strong communicator and enthusiastic team player with excellent attention to detail.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

General duties include:
• Process all sales and purchase invoices and ensure they are properly completed on Xero
• Process employee and board mentor expenses
• Process weekly supplier payments of all authorised purchase invoices by BACS
• Process and resolve all supplier & creditor enquiries
• Reconcile debtors and creditors balance on weekly basis
• Process bank reconciliation and reconciliation of other control accounts
• Ensure payments are received on time and chase up where necessary for credit control process
• Undertake account reconciliations as required
• Ensure monthly processing deadlines are met as required
• Support preparation of weekly turnover and cashflow report
• Support preparation of payroll and pension administration process

General support:
• Ability to establish effective working relationships and to work in a proactive and collaborative manner across the company.
• Provide general administrative support to Accounts Team.
• Keep abreast of changes in financial regulations and legislation
• Work on ad-hoc projects as needed to meet the changing business environment

Desired Skills and Experience:
• Bachelor degree in Accountancy or Finance (UK based universities)
• An accountancy qualification or equivalent experience (ACCA & CIMA Part Qualified will be a plus)
• Sound understanding of financial operations and accounting controls
• Strong bookkeeping skills
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail and the ability to adhere to strict deadlines
• Has an awareness of the importance of confidentiality, information security and data protection
• Strong MS Office Skills (Outlook, Excel and Word), preference intermediate level for Excel skills
• A minimum of 1 year work experience in accounting or finance field.
• Knowledge of Xero, Sage or other accounting software would be highly desirable

Requirements:
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• EU citizenship/Settlement scheme
• British passport

Why Criticaleye?

Want to be part of our ambitious growth plans this year? Join Criticaleye’s dynamic team for an opportunity to learn not just from your colleagues, but global leaders at the top of organisations. We provide a unique learning environment where you’ll get an insight into Boardroom conversations.

Offering a supportive and inclusive culture, our roles are best suited to candidates who are driven, creative, happy to step out of their comfort zone and work collaboratively as part of a team. Lots of energy and a sense of fun are essential as we hold regular team learning events and seasonal celebrations. These offer the perfect way of reinforcing our core team values of collaboration, trust, accountability, courage, and empathy.

What to expect:
• A dynamic and supportive team where you are valued and uplifted by your colleagues.
• The chance to make an impact - our work with leaders extends beyond the individual. You’ll be involved in supporting leaders making decisions which have global impact.
• An opportunity to learn from titans of industry - a truly unique way to learn about business strategy, leadership, and stakeholder management.
• Access to an unrivalled Community of global business leaders including operational and Board-level executives.
• Offices in both central London and Hong Kong, as well as an extended geographical reach through our network of senior Board Mentors
• The opportunity to learn and progress for the right candidate

Benefits include:
• 20 days holiday (increasing by one day with every year of service) + Bank holidays
• Christmas – New Year’s off!
• Charlie HR Perks
• ‘Company Away Day’ – including an overnight stay
• Lively and charismatic team with regular team socials
• 4:30pm finish on Fridays
• Complimentary tea and coffee at the office
• Complimentary breakfasts on Wednesdays in office
• Company pension
• Learning & Social Club Fun activities
• Health Cash Plan that covers dental, optical, gym discounts, physio and other benefits

No matter where you sit in the business, we want people who will bring new ideas and a positive approach to their work. Think you’ve got what it takes? We want to hear from you.

Criticaleye: https://instagram.com/criticaleyeglobal

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