finance associate East Grinstead, England
Job description
Company description
Thrive is a technology-led accounting business that provides our clients with a full finance function service. Based in East Grinstead, with a London client base we are best known for our commitment to a purpose beyond profit. We are signatories to the Million Tree Pledge and a certified B Corp, striving to achieve a goal beyond profit.
Using the Xero accounting system as the core platform and a range of complementary productivity tools, we work with start-up and scale-up businesses in the technology industry. Our services cover everything that our clients would need form both an in-house team and an external accountant. From routine tax filings to forecasting & analytics, fin-ops and carbon accounting.
The sole director, an experienced finance director, set up Thrive to offer an alternative to the commoditised and often disappointing compliance-only service provided to small businesses.
Thrive’s clients think of us as a proactive, value-adding business advisor and outsourced finance function – providing near real-time financial reporting and analysis made possible by a modern, cloud-based suite of tools.
Job description
One day per week will be dedicated to on the job training with us and off the job training with an external training provider, studying towards your AAT Level 2 qualification. The other four days will be working as a Client Finance Assistant (CFA). Our CFAs ensure that we do what we say and keep our commitments to each other and our clients. They provide consistent delivery and free up our Client Managers to fulfil their roles, giving them time to focus on the needs of our clients and the overall quality of our work.
- Working across a portfolio of our forward-thinking clients, the CFA will be responsible for daily bookkeeping updates to various Xero accounts, using Dext Prepare for efficiency and Dext Precision for accuracy.
- Every week, the CFA will collate and send queries to each client as required and will be a crucial point of contact and representative of Thrive.
- Alongside bookkeeping responsibilities, and in line with our full finance function service, certain clients have bespoke requirements that include payment run preparation, e-commerce imports and reconciliation, general sales ledger, and purchase ledger updates.
With the variety of responsibilities across a diverse client base and with a focus on utilising the leading and latest software, this is an ideal role for someone considering their first role in finance and accounting.
Thrive Accountants provided the following inclusive hiring information:
We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or disability status.
- Disability accommodations
Job Type: Apprenticeship
Salary: £20,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- This is an apprenticeship role for level 2 AAT, do you already have either an accounting degree or passed papers on AAT, ACCA or similar?
- Are you within a 45 minutes commute to RH19 4LZ (door to door)?
Education:
- A-Level or equivalent (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in East Grinstead RH19 4LZ
Expected start date: 18/09/2023
