Accounts Assistant

At Ridge and Partners, we offer client care and proactive advice that very few, if any can match, offering a full multi-disciplinary service or standalone specialist technical services for projects in excess of £140 million in value, throughout the UK, across Europe and the rest of the World.

Due to significant business growth, organically and through acquisitions, we are looking for an accounts assistant to oversee the processing of business expense claims and to support the wider Finance Team as workload demands.

• A positive and strong “can do” attitude
• The ability to bring fresh ideas
• Great communication skills, both verbally and written
• Attention to detail
• Team player

• Review staff expense claims to ensure that:
  • The claim adheres to the business expense policy
  • The correct coding has been applied to each claim so that the cost is correctly accounted for
  • A receipt has been provided in support of the claim
  • VAT has been correctly applied
• Provide oversight of claims in progress to ensure they are approved and processed with minimal delay, contacting team managers if approvals become overdue
• Provide feedback to staff where claims have been made in error and provide support to correct it
• Prepare the fortnightly payment run to ensure that all staff are paid within the business time frames
• Support the business with queries arising and provide guidance on the policy
• Provide ad-hoc training to staff on how to submit claims

• Provide cover across the wider Finance team during peak periods and holiday cover as and when required

The role will be well suited to someone who is keen to gain experience in wider finance disciplines and there will be opportunity to develop and progress within the business as it grows.

• Good academic results to GCSE and preferably A-Level
• Experience of working within an office environment undertaking administrative processes
• A strong desire to ensure the business is supported and staff are reimbursed on time
• A good working knowledge of Excel

• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics