Location: Hybrid / Ridge Oxford Office

At Ridge and Partners, we offer client care and proactive advice that very few, if any can match, offering a full multi-disciplinary service or standalone specialist technical services for projects in excess of £100 million in value, throughout the UK, across Europe and the rest of the World.

Due to significant business growth, organically and through acquisitions, we are looking for an accounts assistant to oversee the processing of business expense claims, and to support the wider Finance Team as workload demands.

Our culture is supportive, with our core values being Quality & Reliability; Proactive and Creative; Agile & Flexible; Entrepreneurial & Dynamic.

The successful applicant will have/be:

• A positive and strong ‘can do’ attitude
• The ability to bring fresh ideas
• Great communications skills, both verbally and written
• Attention to detail
• Team player

Working within the Finance Team and reporting to the Accounts Payable Manager:

Staff expense claims support

• Reviewing staff expense claims to ensure that:
  • The claim adheres to the business expense policy,
  • The correct coding has been applied to each claim so that the cost is correctly accounted for,
  • A receipt has been provided in support of the claim,
  • VAT has been correctly applied.
• Providing oversight of claims in progress to ensure they are approved and processed with minimal delay, contacting team managers if approvals become overdue.
• Providing feedback to staff where claims have been made in error and providing support to correct it.
• Preparing the fortnightly payment run to ensure that all staff are paid within the business timeframes.
• Supporting the business with queries arising and providing guidance on the policy.
• Providing ad-hoc training to staff on how to submit claims.

Other tasks

• To provide cover across the wider Finance team during peak periods and holiday cover as and when required.

The role will be well suited to someone who is keen to gain experience in wider finance disciplines and there will be opportunity to develop and progress within the business as it grows.

Essential

• Good academic results to GCSE and preferably A-Level
• Experience of working within an office environment undertaking administrative processes
• A strong desire to ensure the business is supported and staff are reimbursed on time
• A good working knowledge of Excel

Desirable

• Knowledge of Sage 200 and other relevant ERP systems such as Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite

What's in it for you? 

Our people are our business – our vision is to be ever progressive, expanding our expertise and nurturing our talent through Quality, Innovation & Growth, to achieve our strategic outcomes:

• Growth which fuels ideas and opportunity for all
• Purposeful and meaningful work
• Continual development and mentoring
• Empowerment, inclusivity and respect
• Happiness and enjoyment
• Openness, honesty and integrity
• Acting as one team

Your reward is focused on your total wellbeing, with a package to support all aspects of life. In addition to your salary, you can expect:

• A healthy holiday balance of 25 days, plus bank holidays & the ability to buy / sell to suit you
• 3 days a year to give your time to others, volunteering for great causes
• An inclusive wellbeing offer:
• Financial – Life Assurance, Pension Scheme (3% Employee, 6% Employer), Income Protection, Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme, flexible choice of Critical Illness Insurance
• Physical – Free Private Medical Insurance, Doctor at Hand Private GP, Best Doctors, flexible choice of Dental Plan, Cycle to Work Scheme, GymFlex & Healthcare Cash Plan
• Mental – Mental Health First Aiders, Help@Hand by Unum
• A flexible approach to hybrid working, to suit both you
• Tailored career development – focused on professional, personal and/or educational
• The opportunity to learn and develop skills as part of a dynamic team within a modern, high quality and wellbeing aligned office space

We believe that everyone performs their best when they feel like they belong and can be their true selves at work. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we will support you to ensure you have everything you need to be successful and achieve your best in your career at Ridge. If you’d like to discuss accessibility, accommodations or adjustments during your application & selection process, please contact us at workwithus@ridge.co.uk and we will work with you to ensure you feel included and supported.

A polite note to Recruitment Agencies

We enjoy great relationships with our agency partners within our framework, and fully believe in the value of a blended approach to finding the best talent. However, we are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from agency partners at this time – any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownerships on any introduction that you make for roles that haven’t been briefed & released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

We are committed to nurturing strong partnerships within our agency framework, but there are occasions where we looking to enlist the help of others. If you would be interested in working with us in the future, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.