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Closing date: 15th October 2024Salary: £24,840 to £26,000 dependent on experience (+bonus +benefits)Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire&nbsp;Are you ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role where your meticulous attention to detail and financial management skills can truly shine?Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. We're made up of 12&nbsp;autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.Hachette UK is part of&nbsp;Hachette Livre, the world's third largest trade and educational publisher. As well as our headquarters in Carmelite House, London, and our state-of-the-art book distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, we have recently opened five new offices in Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The UK region also includes offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the Caribbean, and Ireland. It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries.As a Treasury Assistant in Hachette UK Ltd., you’ll be an essential part of our Treasury team, ensuring the smooth processing of payments and daily financial transactions. If you're passionate about delivering excellence and thrive in a collaborative, dynamic environment, this opportunity is for you!&nbsp;ResponsibilitiesIn this role, you’ll handle a variety of tasks critical to the company's financial operations, including:<ul><li>Daily Financial Management: Process bank statement transactions with precision and efficiency, ensuring all daily banking activities are up-to-date and accurate.</li><li>Payment Processing: Manage both manual and automated payment runs, including our regular royalty payments, ensuring timely and accurate transfers.</li><li>Refund Processing: Accurately process refunds using Secure Trading and other banking platforms, ensuring refunds are managed efficiently.</li><li>Direct Debits &amp; Standing Orders: Accurately record and process direct debits and standing orders, maintaining an organised approach to recurring payments.</li><li>Monthly Reconciliations: Prepare detailed and accurate monthly bank reconciliations to ensure all financial records align with bank statements.</li><li>Cheque Management: Handle cheque banking and reconciliations with great attention to detail, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks.</li><li>Proforma Payments: Collaborate closely with our Customer Services team to ensure timely dispatch of orders as soon as payment is received.</li><li>Stakeholder Communication: Maintain clear, consistent, and effective communication with all stakeholders, delivering exceptional service and ensuring all queries are addressed promptly.</li><li>Administrative Support: Perform essential administrative duties such as scanning, filing, and archiving, ensuring the Treasury Department operates smoothly and efficiently.</li><li>Additional Responsibilities: Take on any other tasks as required to support the team, showcasing your flexibility and commitment to the department’s overall success.</li></ul>&nbsp;Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Strong MS Office skills, particularly Excel.</li><li>Knowledge of SAP and double-entry bookkeeping (preferred, but we’re happy to train the right person!).</li><li>Experience with bank reconciliations or payment processing (a bonus!).</li><li>A keen attention to detail and a methodical approach to tasks.</li><li>Ideally, some experience in a similar role within a shared service environment.</li><li>GCSEs in Math and English (or equivalent) are required.</li><li>Numerate, reliable, and accurate in handling financial tasks.</li><li>Self-motivated and flexible with strong analytical and organisational skills.</li><li>A strong communicator, both written and verbal, with a customer-focused mindset.</li><li>Well-organised and able to manage multiple tasks while meeting strict deadlines.</li><li>Adaptable and proactive, comfortable working both independently and collaboratively, with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.</li><li>Keen to grow and develop in a role where your contributions are noticed and appreciated.</li></ul>&nbsp;Why you'll love working hereAt our company, we believe in fostering a positive, inclusive environment where your work is recognised and valued. By joining our Treasury team, you will:<ul><li>Be part of a proactive and forward-thinking team where your contributions will be key to our success.</li><li>Develop your skills in a supportive, growth-focused environment.</li><li>Enjoy a balanced work-life schedule with flexible working options, both in the office and remotely.</li><li>Feel the impact of your work as you contribute to critical financial operations, ensuring smooth payments and reconciliations.</li></ul>At Hachette UK Ltd, we believe in nurturing talent and fostering a work environment where every contribution matters. If you’re looking for a role where your expertise will be valued and your growth supported, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and take the next step in your Treasury career!&nbsp;What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)</li><li>Private medical insurance</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>The role will be based at our Didcot Office, Hely Hutchinson Centre, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.&nbsp;Our commitmentHachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a>Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Treasury assistant

Closing date: 6th October 2024 at 11.59pmTraining bursary: £23,806 (equivalent to net amount earning £13.55 per hour)Duration: 12 monthsWorking hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week (inclusive of 1 hour lunch break per day)Location: Working from the office 4 days per weekStart date: 11th November 2024&nbsp;Develop key finance skills in this exciting 12-month internship at an iconic dance institution!<a href="https://theplace.org.uk/" target="_blank">The Place</a>, London’s creative powerhouse for dance development, has been leading the way in dance training, creation and performance for over 50 years. In a changing landscape, their mission for the future remains steadfast: they are powering imagination through dance, championing new ideas, embracing risks and creating optimal conditions for dance artists and enthusiasts to realise their full potential.The trainee role will work across all areas of the finance team to develop an understanding of the finance function. The trainee will be supported to develop the ability to process and understand financial transactions, maintain financial records, analyse and present data and develop finance reconciliation skills.This trainee position supports the Finance Supervisor in managing income and expenditure workflows for The Place, ensuring timely processing, payments, and reconciliations according to agreed processes and service levels. The trainee also assists the Chief Financial Officer, Finance Business Partner and other business areas with data reporting and analysis as needed.Training will be provided to ensure that the trainee is able to complete the work independently within a timely manner and develop finance skills in order to progress towards a finance qualification.&nbsp;What you'll be doing<ul><li>Posting and uploading invoices into the finance system and statement reconciliations.</li><li>Preparation of payments to suppliers.</li><li>Posting of credit card statements and expense claims.</li><li>Responding to finance queries.</li><li>Raising sales invoices, production of monthly debtors statements, credit control.</li><li>Posting and allocation of student income.</li><li>Reconciliation of departmental income.</li><li>Posting journals to the system to correct errors and post adjustments.</li><li>Month-end reconciliations and maintaining accurate records.</li><li>Account management.</li></ul>&nbsp;What we're looking for<ul><li>5 GCSEs at A*-C or an equivalent qualification, must include Maths.</li><li>Good IT skills (Microsoft Office).</li><li>Excellent teamwork skills.</li><li>Strong numerical and written communication skills.</li><li>A self-motivated problem-solver.</li><li>Strong organisational skills and flexibility with planning and prioritising tasks.</li></ul>&nbsp;To apply<ul><li>Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity</li><li>Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)</li><li>Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully</li><li>Do not contact the company directly</li><li>Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk" target="_blank">recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk</a> &nbsp;</li></ul>This opportunity is only open to individuals from a group that is under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, disabled people,&nbsp;those undergoing gender reassignment / transitioning&nbsp;and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying/mentoring, and more.

The Place

Finance trainee

2 Accounting / Finance Opportunities in London, UK