Job description
Description
Our Support Team
We pride ourselves on our exceptional customer support, and to help us continue this we’re looking for accounting graduates or professionals who are interested in a career in fintech, to compliment and grow our experienced team of qualified and part-qualified bookkeepers and accountants. We invest in our people, providing in-house learning and development opportunities as well as support for further studies, to ensure we continue to meet our high standards and have a happy, diverse and high-performing team. Check out this blog for more insight into what life's like in our exceptional Support Team! ️
- being the first point of contact for our customers, via phone, email, and online chat, and responding accurately and promptly to customer queries
- providing training to customers by way of outbound calls, both to people who are currently on a free trial, as well as subscribers who request further training
- proactively contacting users to see if they need help
- helping people who are interested in the product, but need more information to decide if it’s right for them
- assisting the product teams by testing new features or upgrades to existing functionality
Our work life
We believe in a strong work-life balance, we don’t work long hours (35 hour working week), and we have a fabulous Edinburgh HQ expertly designed for collaboration including high-quality A/V equipment to provide a great experience for distributed teams.
At FreeAgent, we support each other and operate a no-blame culture. Our mindset is: work hard, be nice to people, and the rest will sort itself out!
Work pattern for this role
This is a permanent role (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) although we're open to discussions on flexibility.
This role will be based in our Edinburgh office, however there will be an opportunity to adopt hybrid working, under an agreed pattern of 2 days from the office and 3 days at home each week. Working from home is second nature to us as we have been championing remote working for 16 years.
You
- You have robust accounting knowledge, and experience working with everything from payroll RTI to VAT and Self Assessment from either an accounts assistant or bookkeeping role or similar.
- You're highly computer-literate and tech-savvy, understanding that online engagement is crucial to the success of our business
- You have practical experience of using a variety of bookkeeping and accounting software packages
- You have hands-on experience of working with small businesses, possess a clear understanding of their issues, and have a keen interest in how the right financial software can help them
- Last but not least you enjoy providing first-rate customer service and have considerable experience of this from a previous role
Accounting qualifications (accounting degree, AAT, CIMA or ACCA) will be useful in helping you get up to speed quickly, however being qualified by experience will be just as valuable. Anyone looking to complete their CIMA or ACCA should note that this role will not provide an opportunity to gain the practical experience necessary to complete these qualifications in full.
Perks
Annual salary £32,450 - £37,550 per annum depending on experience.
Our salary bands are linked to performance expectations to help nurture our culture of learning and fairness. Therefore a starting salary would likely leave some opportunity for growth within the band.
- 33 days holiday (and an extra day for each year you're with us)
- Flexible/hybrid working
- Private health care
- Life assurance
- 5% matched pension contributions
- Summer 4 day weeks (giving you 8 additional days off!)
- Buy-as-you-earn share schemes
- Sabbatical leave (unpaid)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wellness webinars
- Focused learning time and learning budgets
- Volunteering day
About FreeAgent
FreeAgent is an equal opportunities employer, and we invest in our people and culture to ensure we have a happy, diverse and high-performing team. We strongly encourage applications from people with varied backgrounds and perspectives. All applicants are considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, family or parental status.
Find out more about what it's like to work here on our Life at FreeAgent blog. If you still have questions, email [email protected]
About FreeAgent
CEO: Roan Lavery
Revenue: $5 to $25 million (USD)
Size: 201 to 500 Employees
Type: Company - Private
Website: http://www.freeagent.com
Year Founded: 2007