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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