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Job Title


Accounts Assistant


Company : The Recruitment Group


Location : London, England


Created : 2025-07-21


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Job Description Our Client, a UK award-winning children's newspaper, has an education division that provides a portfolio of digital and print products to help schools build news-reading communities and develop core literacy skills through a foundation of global news. The products include the weekly newspaper and a suite of educational learning tools to drive reading, writing, and speaking skills in primary and secondary schools in the UK and around the world. The Accounts Assistant will join the Finance team and will work closely with the Finance controller.Purpose of the role: The Accounts Assistant will play a key role in managing the day-to-day business interests and would be comfortable with communicating to clients, especially educational establishments, helping to resolve issues, etc.RequirementsDaily tasks:Downloading Bank statements Uploading to Xero and then reconciling Add school Bacs payments to the FNN Credit control google spreadsheet Allocate payments on the unpaid sheet along with adding recent remittancesWeekly tasks: Raise weekly Advertisement invoices Compiling supplier payments BACS runs Paying schools and consumer refunds Uploading to the bankMonth End Tasks: Monthly Recharge invoices (P1 & Fresh media) Bank accounts fully reconciled Credit Card Reconciliations Stripe fully reconciled Marketforce Rec Esco Rec FNL Cashbook Educational Resources Recs Freelancers Recs Print Costs Recs Editorial Costs Recs Marketing RecsPurchase Ledger: Invoice approvals by each department Coding to the correct nominal code Uploading of invoices Statement Reconciliations Maintaining Supplier informationSales Ledger: Raising ad hoc invoices for other departments Raising Advertisement invoices Submitting to relevant portals for payments Sending out Statements Chasing Outstanding InvoicesSchools - supporting the credit controller: Updating the unpaid sheet Weekly Hubspot emails Completion of weekly debt summary Assisting with schools queries including discounts, downgrades, and out of terms requests Completion of school supplier formsAd Hoc Duties: Ordering of office supplies Weekly ordering of kitchen supplies for the officeSystems used: Xero Quotient Hubspot Myriad (schools)Benefits: What they offer:Auto enrolment into our workplace pension 25 days holiday + bank holidays (Plus option to buy up to an additional 5 holiday days) Long service holiday increase - after 3 years' service holiday increases by 1 day a year up to maximum 28 days holiday. Work abroad - work up to 5 days from anywhere worldwide. Emergency leave - up to 5 days unpaid emergency leave per year. Paid carers allowance - up to 5 days paid leave to care for a loved one or relative. Season Ticket Loan Cycle to work scheme Flexible working start times Eye care voucher 50% off First News subscriptions for friends and family Monthly social events Early finish on your birthday Employee assistance programme (EAP)#J-18808-Ljbffr