Account Assistant

ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT

GODMANCHESTER

CDT’s exciting mission is to identify novel research opportunities which have the potential to create new business opportunities whilst also benefiting our wider society. We are committed to sustainable and ethical business practices and are uniquely positioned to support the changes required to build a better world. We thrive on collaboration to identify creative and innovative solutions to address key global challenges in the areas of environment, ICT, healthcare and food.

Vibrant and diverse, we encourage all our employees to develop their expertise with us, with the freedom to promote their ideas in an inclusive and supportive environment. Take a look at our website for more - www.cdtltd.co.uk.

Your key areas of responsibility will involve processing a wide range of accounting information including purchase ledger, bank, sales and maintaining the fixed asset register, amongst other broader responsibilities.

You will also play a role in collaborating with CDT’s multi-functional technical teams, working closely with the Finance and Purchasing teams to ensure all tasks are undertaken in a timely and accurate manner.

Ideally educated to A level standard, and with a minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C/5 or above, including Maths and English, you will also hold a professional accounting qualification, such as AAT, or have strong relevant experience, ideally gained in a hi-tech R&D organisation.

Demonstrable experience of double entry bookkeeping and accounting principles is essential for this role. You must have excellent IT skills, with advanced competency in MS Excel and effective application to accounting systems.  Previous experience of SUN Systems would be desirable. You must be highly organised, with excellent prioritisation skills, strong attention to detail and a track record of working to challenging deadlines in a dynamic and changing environment.

We offer a friendly and fun working environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, as we firmly believe flexibility and diversity enhances our excellence. We offer a fantastic holiday allowance (27 days for full time employees) plus bank holidays, an additional day off to celebrate your birthday and a day off for you to undertake voluntary work aligned with our values. In addition, we have flexi-time and home-working arrangements. This is a full-time role however, we can be flexible for the right candidate.

We also offer all the usual benefits you would expect, including private health and dental insurance, life assurance, income protection insurance, an Employee Assistance Programme and a pension scheme.  It goes without saying that our salaries are also pretty good, supported by a generous sign-on bonus to welcome you and help ease the move to CDT.

Interested ? We hope so – please do send us your CV https://cdtltd.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=96381895-3506-42d7-824f-c735e8f06061. Let us know if you want to see a full job description and we can send this through – drop us an email - careers@cdtltd.co.uk.

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Applications are accepted for 2 weeks from the date posted or until the position is filled.