Title: Accounts Administrator (Japanese Speaking)
Location: East London
Salary: 27k negotiable (based on a 5-day week) *
*This role could be a minimum of 3-days a week and pay would be calculated
accordingly
Job Purpose:
To support our team in all aspects of accounting and general administration for a small educational organisation specialised in providing exchange programmes for Japanese school groups visiting the UK. This is a challenging role requiring a dynamic candidate capable of meeting deadlines and multi-tasking within an office environment.
Duties Include:
• Billing & invoicing: Prepare, send, and store invoices for goods and
services
• Bookkeeping: Record financial transactions, maintain ledgers, and
ensure data is entered correctly
• Accounts receivable & payable: Manage accounts payable and receivable, and meet strict deadlines
• Financial statements: Reconcile financial statements
• Discrepancies: Identify and address discrepancies
• Preparing reports: Seasonal and monthly profit & loss reports, providing
all financial information to our accountants for the annual financial report
• Overseeing office inventory: Ensuring an adequate supply of
consumables, such as stationery or printer ink
• Supporting office staff: Assisting with the preparation of materials used
for our visiting Japanese school groups
• Data entry: Maintaining our database of host families for incoming
Japanese school groups
Requirement:
• Must be domestically secure and able to work in the UK
• Able to work extended hours if required (rarely)
• Live within a reasonable distance from the company office
Skills:
• Good literacy and strong numeracy skills
• Adept in use of MS Office, particularly Excel and Word, and ideally Access or similar database to a good level, Internet, and email
• Familiarity with accountancy software, in particular Sage Accounts
• Experience within an account setting advantageous