Accounts Assistant

Location: Chilled Pubs Support Office, The Joiners Arms, Quarndon, DE22 5JA

Hours: 30 hours per week

Working hours: 8:30am – 3:00pm

About the Role

We’re looking for an organised, reliable and proactive Accounts Assistant to join the Chilled Pubs Support Team. This is a hands-on role supporting the day-to-day financial administration of the business. You’ll be responsible for ensuring transactions are accurately recorded, reconciliations are completed, payments are processed and our financial information is kept up to date. Accuracy and attention to detail are important, but so are the way you work with others and the standards you bring to the role. We’re looking for someone who takes ownership, spots things that need doing and works collaboratively as part of the wider Chilled team.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Downloading and uploading bank statements.
• Allocating and posting bank payments, receipts and transfers accurately.
• Updating postings within the cash flow forecast.
• Completing daily sales reconciliations.
• Managing the purchase ledger for designated suppliers, including posting and reconciling transactions.
• Generating payments for weekly payment runs.
• Processing credit card expenses and maintaining accurate reconciliations.
• Maintaining the pub colour sheet.
• Supporting the wider accounts function with accurate and timely financial administration.
• Identifying discrepancies or issues and taking ownership of getting them resolved.
• Working closely with colleagues to ensure information is accurate, complete and available when needed.

What We’re Looking For

• Accurate and organised: You take pride in getting the detail right, keep your work organised and understand the importance of accurate financial information.
• Reliable and accountable: You do what you say you will do, take responsibility for your work and are comfortable owning mistakes or discrepancies rather than passing them on to someone else.
• Proactive: You don’t simply wait to be told what to do. You notice what needs attention, follow things through and look for ways to improve how work is done.
• A team player: You understand that accounts is part of a much bigger operation. You communicate clearly, work well with colleagues and are willing to support the wider team when needed.
• Comfortable challenging and being challenged: We want people who can raise an issue when something doesn’t look right, listen to other perspectives and have constructive conversations to get to the right outcome.
• Committed to continuous improvement: You look for opportunities to learn, improve your knowledge and make processes more effective rather than simply maintaining the status quo.

Our Chilled Values

Our values are at the heart of how we work. We want every person who joins Chilled to demonstrate these values in the way they work with colleagues and contribute to the business.

• Hungry: We want people who are self-motivated and want to do more than the minimum. For an Accounts Assistant, that means taking ownership, looking ahead, spotting discrepancies or opportunities for improvement and continually developing your knowledge and skills.
• Warm: Warm at Chilled incorporates the humility we expect from strong team players. You give credit to others, treat people with respect regardless of their role and put the success of the team ahead of personal recognition.
• People Smart: Being People Smart means understanding how to work effectively with different people. You communicate clearly, listen properly, adapt your approach when needed and are able to have constructive conversations when something isn't right.
• Trust: Trust underpins the way we work. We need people who are honest, dependable and take ownership.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, success means:

• Financial transactions are accurately and consistently posted.
• Bank, sales, supplier and credit card reconciliations are completed accurately and on time.
• Payment runs are prepared correctly and to deadline.
• Cash flow information is kept up to date.
• Discrepancies are identified and followed through to resolution.
• You take ownership of your responsibilities without needing constant prompting.
• You work collaboratively with colleagues across the business.
• You actively demonstrate Chilled's values in the way you work.
• You continually look for opportunities to learn and improve.

Why Join Chilled Pubs?

Chilled Pubs is built around strong teams. We believe that the quality of our teams directly impacts the quality and consistency of what we deliver across the business. We’re looking for people who want to be part of that team — people who are Warm, Trustworthy, Hungry and People Smart and who take pride in doing their job well. If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.