Senior Administrator
22 hours ago
Hemel Hempstead
Job Purpose: Provide accounting and business support to the office and employees to ensure smooth daily operations. Responsibilities: The candidate will be responsible for, but not limited to, the below tasks: Accounts: 45% • Able to follow weekly and monthly routines to hit deadlines, • Submit invoice and expense claims to bespoke database, • Check claims are within policy and are supported by the necessary approvals, • Check invoice entries are accurate with correct accounting codes, department splits and budget codes, • Push system for approvals if required, • Prepare weekly payment runs, • Close paid invoices on internal expense and invoice systems, • Update internal bank statement spreadsheet with invoice numbers once or twice weekly or as required, • Send invoices to external Accountant by Dropbox weekly or as required, • Carry out internal controls by running monthly reports (mileage, mobile phones, HQ invoices, etc), • Maintain spreadsheet detailing expenses for HQ employees monthly, • Maintain spreadsheet detailing employee gifts and employee entertainment costs monthly, • Resolve differences on monthly Accounts Payable report, • Review HQ statements and resolve queries, • Assist the Office and Finance Manager with provision of the data for the annual budgets, • Ad hoc query resolution Travel: 35% • Bespoke expense system - confirm trip requests daily, add and remove employees, • Ensure travel approvals are in place and processes are being followed, • Book travel within company policy – flights, hotels, Eurostar, etc, • Manage group bookings – record and analyse related costs by employee for Accounts submission, • Ensure travel invoices are submitted to Accounts supported by the necessary approvals, • Maintain spreadsheet detailing travel bookings for each month, • Ad hoc query resolution General: 20% • Assist with general office maintenance including the tidiness of kitchens and meeting rooms, • Order stationery, business cards, printer supplies, • Order office consumable supplies (coffee, tea, milk, snacks, etc) and assist with incoming deliveries, • Order gifts/vouchers for employees (weddings, births, leaving, etc), • Order miscellaneous items as requested by the wider team. e.g. specialist couriers, sim cards, IT equipment, etc., • Provide hospitality catering for meetings (may require office attendance vs WFH), • Organise Christmas Party, Summer Event and restaurant lunches and dinners, etc., • Obtain quotes for office equipment and services, • Apply system budget applications for entertainment and office expenses by presenting proposals and comparisons via Excel and Powerpoint, • Assist with updating the People List and Desk Plan providing copies for new starters., • Stock room/team cover for holidays and absences (may require office attendance vs WFH), • Assist Office & Finance Manager with ad-hoc tasks and projects Experience/Skills • At least 5 years’ experience working in Office Administration, • Experience of business finance systems an advantage, particularly Accounts Payable, • Good numeracy and Excel skills, • Excellent attention to detail/accuracy, • Excellent interpersonal skills, • Previous experience of booking travel is essential, • Team Player, • Able to perform multiple tasks under time pressures, • Able to take ownership and responsibility, • Able to engage across all levels and all functions, • Good verbal and written International English skills, • Able to negotiate effectively, • Able to drive and have own car, • Able to travel to the office 5 days per week