About the role

We're expanding our business operations team and are looking for someone with fantastic attention to detail and organisation skills to join the team as a Finance & HR Assistant. This role is part time (minimum of 20 hours per week), and hours can be flexed to suit you. However, if you are reading this and think you might be overqualified and / or looking for full time, do still get in touch, as we’re always keen to speak with local talent! This is a hybrid role to be based in Darlington, with the option to work a number of days from home (post probation).

We’re a fast-paced business, and as a result, this role will be varied supporting two departments within the business. Predominately, this role will be finance and accounting duties, whilst additionally supporting with administrative HR and payroll tasks. So, if you are well versed in all aspects of accounts, payroll, invoicing, cashflow and HR admin, then we’d love to chat with you.

Whilst some previous accounting knowledge is required, experience in HR admin isn’t essential. Success in this generalist role would be taking responsibility for duties such as;

• Invoice creation and payment chases.
• Bank reconciliation and comparisons.
• Reporting against targets and creating board summaries.
• Ad hoc duties when required.
• Answering queries via email and telephone.
• Processing expenses and supplier payments.
• Assisting with onboarding new team members.
• Delivery and monitoring of all HR admin including employee benefits and payroll management (including sickness, holidays, parental leave etc.)
• Updating and maintaining HR systems.
• Experience in Xero is desirable.

About You

Working across the finance and people departments means we’re looking for someone who understands the discretion and professionalism that’s needed when working with sensitive and confidential information. In addition to trust and integrity, the ideal candidate for this role is:

• Computer literate and confident using new technology systems
• Flexible and agile in their approach to work - we're fast paced. Fast and are not afraid to try new things!
• Has business acumen - working closely with the leadership team to create reports.
• Forensic with attention to detail and prides themselves on their accuracy
• Proactive and confident applying their own initiative.
• Ability to maintain and develop good relationships with suppliers and customers.

Ideally, you'll also have some generalist experience of working within a modern accounts department and have started working towards some accounting qualifications.

About us

Verve offers a range of services to financial planners and ultimately works towards two key aims; to help support good quality financial advice firms to grow and develop, and to attract new people into financial services and help train them up, for the benefit of the future of the profession.

Across all departments, we approach financial services with a innovative and positive outlook; our focus is on relentlessly improving and never settling for just doing what has always been done. We're passionate that more people can and should benefit from advice, and it's our mission to make it more accessible for them.

We offer a range of benefits to permanent employees to ensure our team feels supported and motivated. We reward loyalty and offer enhanced benefits to reward employees who choose to grow their career with us, but as standard these include…

Standard benefits (Based on a full-time position)

• 21 days basic holiday allowance (increasing 1 day per year for each year’s service, to a max of 26 days); plus bank holidays; plus Christmas close-down and your birthday off if it falls on a weekday.
• Personal development budget (for exams, training, anything to help you excel!)
  
• Personalised salary structure to reflect your own effort and contribution
• Hybrid or fully remote options available, depending on role and experience.
• Access to lifestyle benefits such as meditation app, high street discount & rewards app and financial wellbeing platform.
• Death in service cover
• Upon completion of a qualifying period, we offer an EMI share scheme, allowing you to benefit both from declared dividends and long term performance returns.
• At the same time, you will become eligible for our enhanced parental leave benefits.

Anything else?

• We've never been a fan of a dress code. If you're hybrid and coming into the office, dress appropriately for a workplace environment, but have the flexibility for that to be whatever you feel comfortable in.
• Extensive health and wellbeing programme and initiatives, including desk massages, team hikes and yoga / fitness sessions.
• Being part of a company with a higher purpose and strong values.
• Office snacks and refreshments
  
• Open plan ‘living office’ environment – including rocking (or sometimes dubious) playlists, beer/wine fridge, breakout lounge, breakfast club, ping pong table.
• 2 official annual company parties, plus ad hoc team nights out and monthly enrichment sessions
• Office dogs welcome!

Salary is up to £28,000 (FTE depending upon experience)