Accounting Assistant – Travel Industry

About Us

Flexibility with 1 working from home day per week.

Berkeley Travel was founded with a mission of delivering the highest level of service to our exclusive network of corporate and HNW leisure clients. With over twenty years’ experience in the luxury travel sector, our team have built, and will continue to build, an extensive global network of partners coupled with an in-depth understanding of our clients travel needs allowing us to offer our clients a completely tailored travel experience.

We believe in partnering with our clients to understand all their needs to ensure their travel is a truly pleasurable experience and every request or desire is taken care of by our dedicated travel concierge.

Our team are passionate travellers who enjoy creating amazing travel experiences for our privileged clientele.

The role of the Accounting Assistant exists to support the company’s Finance Manager through administrative and accounting assistance, across the company. We are looking for a candidate who is a strong team player, uses their own initiative and available for an immediate start.

Role Accountabilities

1. Bank reconciliation of all Dolphin related transactions: multi-account and multi-currency

2. Reconciliation of BSP statements on Dolphin

3. Processing card payments to suppliers, filling out supplier third party forms

4. Creating new supplier accounts and maintaining existing account details

5. Reconciliation of supplier payment statements / invoices

6. Posting sales receipts and purchase payments using Dolphin

7. Filing bank and credit card statements and supplier invoices

8. Assistance with sourcing new suppliers and maintaining / chasing supplier contracts

9. Efficient at using Sage Line 50.

10. Producing and checking client invoices

11. Processing card payments for clients

12. First point of contact for enquiries in the Accounts mailbox

13. Maintaining strong relationships with suppliers & clients

14. Ensuring client account profiles are accurately created in the back-office systems

15. Creating and amending client, company, and supplier profiles

16. Loading, checking and updating accounts and contacts in the CRM database

17. Assisting with finance issues and or requests from staff

18. Producing and issuing finance reports from Dolphin as required

19. Other duties as required by the needs of the business

This job description reflects the major tasks to be carried out by the post holder and identifies a level of responsibility at which they will be required to work. In the interests of effective working, the major tasks may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changing needs and circumstances of the business and the travel industry. Such reviews and any consequential changes will be carried out in consultation with the post holder

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £26,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Employee discount

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

Experience:

• Accounting: 2 years (required)
• Sage Line 50: 1 year (required)
• Travel Industry: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London N1 1TY

Expected start date: 02/05/2023