Job Title: Accountant
Location: Central London – hybrid working
Salary: £37,500 per annum
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
About us:
AE3 Media is a respected and innovative business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) publisher with over 35 years’ experience delivering solutions to the mortgage and personal finance markets.
The company provides a knowledge hub for both the mortgage industry and consumer personal finance markets. AE3 Media’s portfolio of brands include Mortgage Solutions, Specialist Lending Solutions, Your Mortgage and yourmoney.com as well as events such as the British Mortgage Awards, the British Mortgage and Protection Senate, and The Mortgage and Protection Event, alongside a number of other leading industry awards and conferences.
We are a people focused business with an inclusive working environment and flexible culture. We are very proud to have a very open and non-hierarchical culture where performance is measured on output rather than presenteeism.
We listen to each other, support each other and create products that the markets we serve love to engage with. It is the people and their collective passion which makes AE3 Media the business we are today. We are an equal opportunities employer and are signatories to the Women in Finance Charter, which is a pledge for gender balance across financial services.
About the role:
This role aims to ensure AE3 meets all its accounting, tax, and financial reporting requirements whilst also supporting the Sales team. Responsibilities include:
- Full bookkeeping
- Weekly payment runs and bank reconciliation
- Managing all expenses claims
- Managing company credit card reconciliations
- Petty Cash management
- Raising sales invoices for Events and consumer advertising
- Credit control
- Preparing monthly payroll to be sent to payroll bureaux for processing, including pension administration
- Reconciliation of balance sheet control accounts
- Monthly Cost Reporting of each event
- Liaising with FD to trial balance level
- Debtors reporting and sales team debtor meeting
- Reconciliation of Complete data (sales booking system)
- Quarterly VAT reporting and filing through Sage
About you:
To succeed in this role, you will have proven experience in accounting, analytical skills and a “can do” attitude. You will be a self-starter, have excellent communication skills and thrive on taking responsibility and ownership.
You will carry out accounting for AE3, financial reporting, sales administration, and credit control. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a busy environment in a varied role.
You will have a wide range of skills and experience including:
- At least 2 years’ experience working in an account’s role, ideally with experience of working with a sales team
- Experience of Sage50
Benefits:
- Competitive salary – we value our workforce
- Flexible hybrid working – split time between office and home working
- Further your development – with our new Learning and Development training hub along with on-the-job learning and knowledge sharing
- Company pension scheme
- Work hard, play hard – we enjoy regular social activities
- Buy holiday scheme – flexible holidays that fit your lifestyle
- Summer Fridays – start your weekend early during summer months
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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Qualified Accountant, Senior Accounts Assistant, Accounts Manager, Finance Manager, Bookkeeper, Finance Officer, AAT Qualified, AAT Part Qualified, ACCA Qualified, Management Accountant, CIMA, Management Accountancy, Finance Support may also be considered for this role.
