Accounts Assistant

Ashton Gate Stadium is a unique sports and entertainment business with the core aim of providing integral support services to ensure the sustainability of Stephen Lansdown’s sporting group of companies which includes Bristol Sport, Bristol City, Bristol Bears, Bristol Flyers Basketball and each of their respective community charities.

JOB PURPOSE

Complete accounting tasks for Ashton Gate, Bristol Sport and Bristol Flyers, to include AP, AR and cash.

KEY OBJECTIVES

To run the end-to-end process of bank, AP and AR for Ashton Gate, Bristol Sport and Bristol Flyers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (KPIs)

· Responsible for Ashton Gate, Bristol Flyers and Bristol Sport Accounts Payable function on a daily basis

· Prepare daily bank account reconciliations for Ashton Gate, Bristol Sport and Bristol Flyers to ensure that reconciling items are escalated on a timely basis.

· Raising purchase orders and initiating three-way matching

· Keying all supplier invoices onto Xledger and coding appropriately with few errors

· Performing supplier statement reconciliations

· Producing regular payment runs

· Timely authorisation of supplier invoices

· Responsible for Bristol Sport and Ashton Gate Accounts Receivable function and for timely communication of debtor information to Finance staff and Commercial operations staff

· Preparation and distribution of weekly Accounts Receivable reporting throughout the business

· Following manual and automated processes to ensure that debt chasing is timely and that operations staff are aware of any issues arising

· Processing of Concur expenses for Ashton Gate and Bristol Sport employees

· Complete daily cashflow information and monitor weekly and monthly cash flow forecasting.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Finance Team
• Bristol Sport Heads of Department
• Ashton Gate Heads of Department

Essential Skills

• Excellent Excel skills
• Desire to work in a team environment
• Organisation and ability to work to deadline

Desirable Skills

• Previous use of a finance system

Health and Safety

· Responsible for ensuring all health and safety procedures are followed at all times, with relevant paperwork to support

· To ensure all employees complete their trained required to do their job

· Report all incidents and accidents as required

· To report any hazards detected

· To complete and review the risk assessments for the department

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to the principle of equal opportunity and its policies for recruitment, selection, training, development and promotion are designed to ensure that no employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, disability or gender reassignment.

Safeguarding

Ashton Gate Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment.

Work Location: In person

Contract Type : Permanent

Working Hours : Mon-Fri 37.5 hours per week

Salary : £28,000 per annum