Accounts Assistant

Role: Accounts Assistant
Hours: 35 per week, with a 2pm early finish on a Friday!
Duration: Permanent
Location: Remote in the UK.
Salary: £25,000 to £27,000
Reports To: The Finance Team Leader.

Fruugo is the UK’s leading global online marketplace with over 3000 retailers selling 100 million+ products, operating in 42 countries, 28 languages and 31 currencies. Our mission is to enable shoppers everywhere to buy from retailers anywhere. Fruugo is well established and award winning, and after a record breaking year of growth, we have most recently being honoured with the UK’s most prestigious business awards, the King’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. Our exceptional team of employees are a key part of this growth and Fruugo provides a fantastic culture and opportunities to really make a difference.

Job Purpose

You will play an essential role in the company’s accounts department. The accounts team is responsible for maintaining an efficient, organised and accurate finance function for the business and the Accounts Assistant is responsible for assisting with a variety of day-to-day financial operations such as supplier payments, reconciliations, purchase and sales ledger activities.

Core Accountabilities

• Bank, payment provider, and merchant account reconciliations, including investigation and resolution of unreconciled items
• Process merchant and supplier payments and respond to any payment related queries
• Check financial transactions for accuracy, ensuring transactions are accurately categorised and journaled on a timely basis
• Assist with the month-end close, including preparing and processing month-end journals and meeting key deadlines
• Support the annual external audit process, including preparing year-end schedules
• Assist in the development, implementation and continuous improvement of accounting systems, payment systems, procedures, and controls.
• Perform other projects and duties as reasonably requested by the Team Leader, Finance Manager or Financial Controller

Requirements

• Understanding and experience of the end-to-end accounts receivable process
• Experience of high volume transaction posting and processing
• Experience of reconciling statements from payment service providers (such as PayPal, Adyen, Klarna or similar) is desirable
• A passion for numbers, accuracy and skills in calculating figures is vital
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (particularly VLOOKUP and pivot table experience)
• Knowledge of SAGE or similar accounting software
• AAT part qualified or similar
• Excellent communication & teamwork skills
• Knowledge of accounting terminology and of accountancy rules and legislation
• Solid organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a varied workload
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines
• Ability to detect inconsistencies

Benefits

Hours of work are 35 hours per week – including a 2pm early finish on a Friday!

The position is fully remote, based in the UK, but a commute to Manchester for team gatherings will be required.

Fruugo is a great place to work and we are proud of our friendly, supportive and dynamic culture which treats everyone with respect and embraces diversity. We have some excellent benefits, including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service), Company pension, employee discount, Employee Referral Programme, and a fantastic Employee Assistance Programme, offering wellness benefits to employees and their immediate family.