Accounts and Administration Person Location Leicestershire Salary: Depending on experience Job type: Permanent Hours: Full time/ Part time would also be considered Monday to Friday Office Based ABOUT: The Company: Our Leicestershire based clients are looking for an experienced accounts and admin person to work with them in a full or part time office based role. The successful candidate will need to have strong accounts experience ideally using Xero software so that they can take the lead in integrating this into the business. They will be supporting and leading with various day to day accounting tasks and also involved in preparation of information to submit to external accountants. In addition they will also be involved in other administration across the business, incoming calls, admin, general office tasks to ensure that everything day to day runs clockwork. As well as experience in these areas as a person the successful candidate will need to be positive, forward thinking individual who is happy to be a hands on team player within a small company. Key areas of responsibility: * Use of Xero accounting * Purchase/sales Ledger * Preparing wages * Credit control * Vat returns * Preparation of documents and figures for year end * Sales invoices/ PO'S * Payment of suppliers * Expenses. Petty cash * Bank reconciliation * General administration Key Skills: * Previous experience working within an Accounts role – essential * A high level of accuracy and attention to detail * Experience of working within a manufacturing environment – an advantage * Able to communicate well with colleagues, clients and suppliers * Extremely organised * Able to follow instructions and work independently as required * Previous use of Xero – essential * Enthusiastic and a willingness to support across the business