Bruce’s Doggy Day Care Hiring for Finance Assistant Job at Cobham, Kent, South East England, England Full Time

At Bruce’s we unleash happiness and enrich dogs’ lives. Founded in 2008, we have become the UK’s recognised leader in a sector that is experiencing exponential growth.

Our doggy day care centres are like forest schools. Dogs exercise and socialise in acres of open, green space, under the attentive, loving supervision of well-trained carers. We offer heated log cabins, paddling pools, agility, sensory zones, and enrichment plans to keep dogs and staff engaged and mentally stimulated.

We have a team of 200 staff, caring for more than 1,000 dogs a day in 8 sites across London and the Home Counties. Our Founder, Bruce, has shaped industry regulations, sits on the Board of Directors for the Pet Industry Federation and acts as an advisor to the likes of DEFRA, Dogs Trust and the RSPCA. Having secured private equity investment, Bruce’s is poised to take advantage of their lead and expand to create a national group of dog day care nurseries.

As part of your role as a Finance Assistant, you will be working closely with the Finance Manager to assist with a number of tasks including, but not limited to :

• Being the key point of contact for day-to-day Finance admin queries, such as invoice checks or supplier form completion

• Assistance with Credit Control and Purchase Ledger

• Ownership of reports and reconciliations from start to finish, ensuring those are run on time and do not contain errors

• You may be asked to complete small projects for which you would be required to undertake research, analyse the findings and collaborate with other departments and external service providers, and report on progress

For this role, you will have:

• Previous finance/business analysis experience, while accounting, financial planning or other business qualification or training would be an advantage – would suit someone possibly studying at AAT level

• Working knowledge of spreadsheets, google sheets and databases

• Experience of using Dext and Xero would be a plus

Key Skills and Attributes:

• Proactive, positive attitude towards change and improvements

• Able to manage multiple stakeholders and prioritise work appropriately

• Detailed, methodical, and analytical approach with high attention to detail

• Effective communication skills

• Self-starter, able to work both independently and in a team

Fully flexible role – can be based from home or our Stoke D’Abernon (Surrey) office, 2-3 days per week, to start ASAP.

Job Types: Part-time, Graduate
Part-time hours: 24 per week

Salary: £13,200.00-£15,600.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• On-site parking
• Wellness programmes
• Work from home

Schedule:

• No weekends

Application question(s):

• Have you used Xero and Dext software?

Experience:

• Accounting: 2 years (required)
• Microsoft Excel: 2 years (required)

Application deadline: 09/09/2022