Accounts Assistant

  • Job Reference: 00021089-1
  • Date Posted: 16 January 2025
  • Recruiter: Polar Black
  • Website: https://polarblackevents.com/
  • Location: London
  • Remote Working: Some remote working possible
  • Salary: On Application
  • Sector: Accounting
  • Job Type: Part Time Flex
  • Work Hours: Part Time

Job Description

We are a fully integrated creative agency, specialising in event production, immersive brand experiences and creative design.

Working with some of the world’s most distinguished luxury, lifestyle, fashion brands, we operate globally to produce incredible events and activations for the most demanding of audiences.

- Set up in London in 2011
- LGBTQ+ management
- Fully integrated creative agency
- Specialising in event production, immersive brand experiences and creative design
- Head Office in London, with offices in Paris, New York and LA
- Working with some of the world’s most distinguished brands, including Hermes, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dom Perignon, Facebook, Snap and Apple
- Team of 35 across creative, design and production.

The Role / Key Responsibilities:
We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Accounts Assistant to support our Finance department on a part-time basis, between 20-25 hours per week.

This role offers  flexibility and hybrid working (work from home is possible and to be discussed.)

 

The responsibilities including:
- Assisting in reconciling financial statements and bank accounts on a daily basis
- Processing supplier payments and employee expenses
- Supporting client invoicing
- Ensuring all records are ready for quarterly reporting and tax submission
- Working with team members to ensure all costs are supported by invoices
- Working with team members to close event budgets as efficiently as possible
- Supporting with processing transactions and purchase invoices into our accounting system to ensure entries are allocated to specific events where appropriate
- Supporting with the commission claim process, including issuing invoices Ensuring compliance with company financial policies and procedures

 

Ideal Candidate: 
- Proven experience in accounts/bookkeeping or a similar financial administrative role 
- Strong attention to detail and excellent organisation skills
- Confident, a good team player
- Clear communication 
- Positive and adaptable approach to problem solving
- Ability to manage time efficiently and self-motivated
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel - essential
- Flexible, with the ability to work part-time hours
- Aptitude to maintain absolute confidentiality is paramount
- Experience in a similar role within the events or creative industries is an advantage
- Experience with Xero and PLEO is an advantage

How to Apply:

please click the 'Apply' button. Please include ‘Accounts Assistant Application’ in the subject line of your email.

Salary subject to experience