Administration Assistant Chartered Accountancy £25-30K

We are working with a leading chartered accountancy with their search for an individual who is looking to do something special with their next career move. You will be joining a friendly and supportive company where enthusiastic and passionate people are given the opportunity to grow and succeed.

This fantastic, forward-thinking company truly value integrity, tenacity and loyalty. Someone who is able to prioritise deadlines and work well under pressure.

You will be responsible for assisting the firm's highly skilled administrative team with a broad range of duties.

To set up new clients in a timely manner and help collate the client identification and anti-money laundering documentation along with carrying out the ID/address checks on our provided software. 
1.2 To update/delete client changes to the database. 
1.3 To supervise/assist the more junior Administrator on their day to-day work such as opening and scanning the post, scanning out-going post and by setting an example at all times, monitoring their workload, assisting with their progress and escalating to the Senior Administration Manager as necessary. 
1.4 To be proactive in the team’s administration taking on ad hoc projects as required and actively looking for areas to improve the support provided to the team by the administration team. 
1.5 To ensure the team's Tax Return E-Filing is executed promptly and correctly, in good time, especially in time for the 31 January deadline. 
1.6 To save documents on the network according to the firm’s procedures, to ensure that other members of the team may gain access if required. 
1.7 To send faxes, collate and finalise correspondence to be reviewed/signed, book couriers and other postal services (e.g. recorded delivery etc), as directed. 
1.8 To take on projects as required by the Senior Administration Manager and complete in a timely manner. 
1.9 To assist the Senior Administration Manager and act as deputy in their absence or to stand in for when the more junior Administrator is away from the office. 
1.10 To manage the diaries and travel arrangements for the Private Clients’ Team Directors.

To secure this role you will need 5 GCSEs including English at A -C grade, or equivalent

Experience Required:

Type at a speed of 50wpmmin, but accuracy is more important; good use of English grammar; eye for detail. 
Supervisory experience 
Some PA experience 
60wpm
IT skills: 

Intermediate MS Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook 
Advanced MS Office 
Additional skills: 

Strong organisational skills; research and analysis skills; excellent interpersonal communication skills in order to deal with people at all levels. 

Personal Qualities Required: 

Assertive, willing to help others, team player; works well under pressure; proactive; quick learner; flexible, approachable. 

Ambitions medium term: 

Willing to accept greater responsibility & accountability