Payroll and Accounts Payable Officer

• We’re a SaaS scale up and one of the fastest growing tech companies in the North. 
• There’s 100+ of us around the UK with our HQ in Leeds. 
• Our software is award-winning and used by 100,000s of students at over 800 universities & colleges worldwide. 
• We’re growing so we can achieve our mission to support 1 million students to become better learners by 2026. 

Join our team!

We're looking for a Payroll and Accounts Payable Officer to join us on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract. 

In this role, you'll take complete ownership of our accounts payable, ensuring seamless and timely payments to suppliers and employees. You'll also be a key driver in enhancing our financial processes and efficiency, whilst having experience in managing payroll processes from start to finish. 

You’ll work closely with our wider finance team, but to give you an idea of who you might meet throughout the process:

Dan - Head of Finance
Samirah - Management Accountant
Kayley - Finance Officer

• 📈Accounts Payable and Supplier Communications: Primarily managing purchase ledger, including invoice entry, approvals, and supplier communication, preparing bank payments, reconciling accounts, managing prepayments and processing staff expenses.
• 💸 Payroll Management: End to end ownership of monthly payroll, working with our EX team and outsourced payroll providers to maintain payroll data and ensure accuracy of payments.
• 🔎 Month End Close: Accurately and promptly process transactions, support sales ledger and credit control, reconcile key balance sheet accounts, and assist with monthly management accounts, including budget variance analysis.
• 👥  Internal and External Stakeholder communication: A key point of contact for key areas of responsibility, including responding to queries from people around the business and supporting other key stakeholders with ad-hoc requests. 
• 💻 Fixed Asset Register: Monitoring and maintaining our Fixed Asset Register.
• 🤝 VAT Returns: Preparing quarterly VAT returns and maintaining compliance in line with regulations and Genio policies.

We are looking for someone with:

• Previous experience in managing payroll from end-to-end is essential.
• Strong knowledge of financial processes and practices. 
• Excellent communication skills to communicate with stakeholders both internally and externally.
• A good understanding of financial compliance and regulations.

Preferable but not essential:

• Previous experience in accounts payable is strongly desirable.
• Previous experience of working with Xero, Pento, and Spendesk is advantageous.

£33,000-£37,500 dependent upon experience 

🏖️ 33 days annual leave (Inclusive of bank holidays)

🎄 3 gifted days off at Christmas

💰 EMI Share Options Scheme

🎓 Generous individual learning and training allowance 

⌚ Truly flexible hours to suit when you work best 

💻 Full home working set up and beautiful collaborative office space 

🚗 Free Leeds office parking

🌴 Nomad working policy with family travel insurance 

🍼 Enhanced 26 weeks maternity and 4 weeks paternity (fully paid)

🤍 Health cash plan (from glasses to massages) 

💸 6% employer pension contribution

*Please note: This role is a 12 month maternity cover contract*

We have a beautiful office space in Leeds and we love it when we get together to collaborate in person. We typically operate a hybrid way of working, however for this role we support remote working within the UK, if you live more than 50 miles from the office. 

We will discuss ways of working with you at interview however if you have any questions before you apply please reach out to [email protected] 

We’ll review your application and provide a response within 1 week. Even if it’s not the news you’d hoped for, we appreciate it’s good to know either way. 

If we invite you to meet with us for interview, here’s an overview of what the process will look like: 

1. Screening interview with someone in our Recruitment team (30 minutes). 
2. First Stage interview with Samirah and Kayley (1 hour)
3. Final stage interview which includes a 1 hour culture and values interview, plus a 30 minute task. You will be meeting with Samirah and Dan.

Ahead of your interview you will receive a confirmation email outlining who you’ll be meeting and when, anything you’ll need to prepare in advance and any resources we think you might find helpful.  

Here are a few further resources:

About Genio

Working at Genio Blog

The Genio Study Tools 

Let’s connect! Reach out to [email protected] and we’ll add you to our network, to keep you updated with any future opportunities we think you might be interested in.

We think it’s important that you understand how we use and handle your personal information, so here’s a link to our privacy notice. By submitting your application, you’re confirming that you’ve read and understood this notice. 

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