Assistant Accountant - Part Qualified (Maternity Cover)

Assistant Accountant - Part Qualified (Maternity Cover)

The Assistant Accountant position, which we are seeking to fill on a 15-month maternity cover basis, is a key role in our lean finance function. You will be reporting to the Finance Manager, who holds primary responsibility for UK accounting, financial operations, and external reporting/compliance. Your role is expected to be roughly evenly split across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and General Ledger Accounting.

You will be joining a highly motivated team that is passionate about what they do in a company that is going from strength to strength. This is an opportunity to make a difference to people's lives and play a visible role in its success.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accounts Payable and Working Capital
  • Overall management of the Purchase ledger.
  • Processing AP Inbox / Purchase Invoices and new supplier setup.
  • Administration of purchase control (Zahara) and expense (Expensify) software.
  • Responding to AP-related queries from suppliers and colleagues.
  • Supporting the Financial Controller (FC) and/or Finance Manager with spend/expense approvals and payments.
• Accounts Receivable
  • Customer invoicing and accounting for billing changes, cancellations, credit notes, and refunds.
  • Responses to queries from customers (and colleagues in customer-facing departments).
• General Ledger / Accounting
  • Bank reconciliations.
  • Participating in tasks and responsibilities relating to the monthly/annual accounting and balance sheet control.
• External Reporting
  • Supporting as needed with annual accounts/corporation tax filings, VAT returns, and ONS surveys.
• Project work as appropriate and as capacity allows.
• Performing other duties as assigned by the Finance Manager or Financial Controller.

Your Profile:

You will be at least part-qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA with significant practical experience across a broad range of accounting and financial operations responsibilities.

Essential Skills / Experience:

• Technical
  • At least part qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
  • Experience of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and general accounting.
  • Experience using Xero.
  • Excellent Excel skills.
• Personal
  • Positive can-do mentality; able to juggle multiple deadlines and manage competing priorities.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • High level of numerical analytical aptitude.
  • Values honesty, clarity, excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Desirable
  • Exposure to finance processes/infrastructure in an established company and/or of successfully establishing these in a scale-up.
  • Strong knowledge of UK GAAP and VAT reporting/compliance; exposure to and/or knowledge of external audit of UK entities and of balance sheet control.
  • Advanced Excel including financial modelling principles; understanding of relational data models and data manipulation techniques.
  • Experience using Zahara, Expensify, and Salesforce.

Team Values:

• Honesty: We act with integrity, transparency, and in accordance with ethical and legal standards.
• Clarity: We value straightforward communication and design.
• Excellence: We centre everything we do on delivering value to our customers.
• Collaboration: We combine our unique skills, adapt to change proactively, and take responsibility.
• Continuous Improvement: We tackle core issues while leveraging data, technology, and effective processes.

The Company:

TympaHealth is a team of doctors and technology experts united by a vision to help the world to hear. Our mission is to help the world to hear and make intervention more accessible and simplified both on a local and global scale. TympaHealth is growing fast and is currently helping thousands of patients a year access vital ear and hearing healthcare services in the UK, with plans to expand globally.

Salary & Benefits:

A competitive salary and benefits package include:

• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Birthday Holiday and Christmas Holiday (three additional days)
• 5% Company & Employee Pension Scheme Contributions
• Life Assurance Scheme (four times salary)
• Hybrid Working (two days in the office, based at our London Headquarters)
• Remote GP and Medical Second Opinion Services
• Mental Health Support
• Physiotherapy (eight sessions per year)
• Life, Money, and Wellbeing Support
• 360 Wellbeing Score, Insights, and Calendar
• Financial and Legal Support
• 1-2-1 Lifestyle Coaching
• Savings and Discounts
• Perkbox

There has never been a more exciting time to join our team with our growth, focus on excellence, and opportunities for development in an inclusive, inspiring company.