Job description

Accounts and Admin assistant

Company description

Nation Broadcasting is one of the UK’s leading media companies. We operate a number of national, regional and local radio stations alongside a digital media company, DAB transmission companies and a DAB software business. Together, Nation Broadcasting’s stations are celebrating record weekly audience figures of 791,000 listeners. (Source RAJAR Q4, 2022).

Our stations

Our stations include, Nation Radio UK, Nation Radio Wales, Nation Radio Scotland, Nation Radio East Yorkshire, Nation Radio South, Nation Radio Suffolk, Nations Easy Radio, Easy Radio Wales, Radio Pembrokeshire, Radio Carmarthenshire, Bridge FM Radio, Sun FM Radio and Dragon Radio. We also deliver financial services for some third-party radio stations..

Job Description

We are looking for an accounts assistant to work across the companies in our Group.

Duties and Responsibilities: -

• Approving and processing new sales orders on our airtime scheduling system. Local & National.
• Liaising with our sales teams regarding their orders, and being the first point of contact for approving/rejecting credit.
• Raising sales invoices for some of our companies via Sage and advance invoices at clients’ request.
• Providing day to day accounts support to our DAB software business. Including raising invoices using Zoho and reconciling the bank.
• Purchase ledger – approving invoices and posting on Sage
• Reconciling and posting monthly expenses and credit card payments to Sage
• Progression towards the preparation of some simple management accounts when ready, full training given.
• Dealing with client queries when part time credit controller isn’t available.
• Revenue Reporting
• Quarterly and Annual royalty Returns
• General admin duties, including answering phone

Skills and Experience: -

• Good administrative and computer skills
• Good telephone manner and attention to detail
• Ability to work in a high-pressured environment
• Numerate
• Ability to prioritise to meet tight deadlines and juggling competing demands
• An interest in radio
• Helpful attitude and telephone manner
• Experience with Sage or similar system
• Confident using Excel, Word and Outlook
• You will need to provide a reliable broadband connection during working hours

Job Type and Benefits: -

• Full Time role Monday to Friday for 7.5 hours per day. Hours either 8.30 - 5 (1 hour lunch) or 9 - 5 (1/2 hour lunch)
• Salary £21,000 - £23,000 p.a. depending on experience and qualifications
• Fully working from home with all equipment provided.
• Company Pension
• Life Insurance 4 x Salary
• Financial assistance to study AAT or similar is available. Studying is optional.

Applications

In the promotion of equal opportunities, Nation Broadcasting welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Location: Although this role is home-based you will need to be based in South or West Wales which is a commutable distance of our main UK technology centre in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan. The centre is used on rare occasions for meetings and disaster recovery.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £21,000.00-£23,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 10/03/2023