Audit and Accounts Administrator

Audit and Accounts Administrator

Location: Manchester City Centre

Salary: Competitive in line with market rates

Contract: Full-time

About UHY Hacker Young

At UHY Hacker Young, we pride ourselves on being people focused, and we understand the importance of attracting – and retaining – the highest calibre of staff. From our Manchester office, our team of over 155+ partners and staff deliver a first-class service to a diverse range of clients, locally, nationally, and internationally. We are an ambitious and growing team, working collaboratively across all departments.

The Role

We are looking for an Administrator with a couple of years’ experience in a busy team (ideally an accountancy setting but this is not essential) to join our Audit & Accounts team.

To be successful you will hold the following:

Qualifications

• Minimum of GCSE Grade 4 in English and Maths (or equivalent)

Knowledge/Abilities/Skills/Experience

• Be proficient in Microsoft applications (Word and Excel in particular)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Experience of working as part of a team in a professional office environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work under own initiative

Personal Qualities / Attributes

• The ability to develop positive relationships with clients and the team, and provide a first-class service to both
• Be professional and approachable with a friendly disposition
• To have a high level of commitment to the role, our brand and our values
• Organised and methodical
• To be flexible in a busy environment
• Be able to provide 2 satisfactory references – one from your current / most recent employer
• Evidence that you have the right to work within the UK

Some of the tasks you will do:

• Running off monthly WIP (work in progress) reports from our internal database for all Senior Managers
• Sending of completed accounts weekly to Companies House and maintaining an accurate log to track this action
• Update and maintain our work planner schedule (Float) for department’s audits/projects/tasks
• Authorisation of holiday requests checking work planner alongside the job manager
• Coordinate the tagging process – in line with our accounts process – to ensure the administration process is carried out in a timely basis
• Coordinate the audit staff appraisal process
• Coordinate and monitor the compliance diary reporting system
• Arrange monthly manager meetings and organise anything needed for them
• Research and book hotels and travel for staff carrying out audits off-site
• Assist the Assistant Manager with any miscellaneous tasks required within the department

Benefits:

• Standard hours 9.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday (37.5 hrs/week)
• 24 days’ holiday plus standard bank and public holidays
• Birthday off as paid annual leave
• Income protection scheme
• Payment of one professional subscription per year
• The option to purchase extra days leave
• The option to contribute into a pension scheme via salary sacrifice
• Commission for introducing new clients/work
• Commission for introducing new staff
• Life assurance (4 x salary)
• Membership of MediCash – a healthcare cash back plan
• Employee Discount Scheme membership (high street shops and supermarkets)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years continuous service
• Funded social events
• Discounted gym membership
• Long Service Award Policy
• Funded fruit twice a week
• Monthly breakfast

If you are interested in this role, please send your CV, with a covering letter, by 15 May 2024 to c.benson@uhy-manchester.com. Please note that we reserve the right to close the application process early should we have a high response level.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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