Assistant Group Accountant

at  GetBusy

THE TEAM

Our finance team is made up of 6 people in the UK, with additional transactional support on the ground in our Houston office. We have one finance team that looks after all things finance - from invoicing and credit control through to all month end and year end processes, reconciliations, budgets and forecasting, consolidation, tax and external and board reporting. The finance team also has significant involvement in project work.
The Assistant Group Accountant will work alongside two excellent and experienced accounting professionals to carry out our month end accounting activities, working with our external auditors during our interim and year end audit, and other ad hoc tasks and projects.
Continuous improvement is a key focus for our team and we have implemented best-in-class finance systems to help us to work efficiently and effectively. We are currently using systems such as NetSuite, Adaptive Planning and Budgeting, Pento and Payhawk and we’re always looking to improve the tools we use and the way we use them. We also use our own productivity tool, Workiro, which we think is pretty great.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Bachelors degree
• Working towards, or planning to immediately begin working towards a professional accounting qualification, ACCA preferred
• A proven self-starter with a track record of working independently and with initiative to get things done
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Highly numerate with an A-level (or equivalent) in maths, statistics or other numerical subjects
• Excellent attention to detail and highly organized
• Highly motivated to learn and looking for the next challenge and learning opportunity
• Demonstrate the ability to understand and clearly explain areas of technical complexity
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong software and data skills and a robust working knowledge of Excel

DESIRED SKILLS

• Previous experience in a finance or business related subject
  We want everyone to feel included and comfortable applying for our roles. We encourage applicants to let us know at any stage of the application or interview process if they require any reasonable adjustments to be made. If you wish to apply for the above role but need the application form modifying please email peopleandculture@getbusy.com so we can look at making any changes.

NOTHING BEATS LOVING WHAT YOU DO

If you want to wake up each morning looking forward to an invigorating challenge, this is the place for you. Passionate, hands-on talent welcome anytime.
We work hard to create software that improves people’s everyday working lives and we have a lot of fun while we turn our ideas into reality.
With an emphasis on finding the right work/life balance, we are proud to promote our relaxed and collaborative environment. We live and breathe our mission, which is to make people productive and happy. As the team grows, so does our investment in each team member’s personal development. We don’t just stop at hiring the best, we continue to nurture and develop our talent so you can get to where you want to be in life.
Our Values

There is no better way to get a flavour of what we are about than to check out our unique values. Every decision we make, every customer we help, every line of code we write is defined by our company values.

• Every Customer Experience Must Include A Smile - The original and arguably the most important rule
• Show Grit and Make It Happen - Your toughness and perseverance is a better predictor of your success than any other factor. Also, the happiest and most successful people are the ones who persevere. Grit is long-term
• Keep It Simple - If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough, no matter how smart you are
• Better Together - No egos. Best idea wins
• BSU (Blow Stuff Up) - We’re out to change the world. We thus need to break from convention and be a disruptor to win
• Data Drives Decisions - We’re a data driven organisation. We must be led by our data and are agile to it

About Us
GetBusy’s specialist productivity software solutions, including Virtual Cabinet, SmartVault and Workiro, enable growing businesses to work securely and efficiently with their customers, suppliers and teams anytime, anywhere. Our solutions can be delivered flexibly across cloud, mobile, hosted and on-premise platforms, whilst integrating seamlessly with a wide variety of other class-leading core business systems.
With over 70,000 paying users across multiple market sectors and jurisdictions, GetBusy is an established and fast-growing SaaS business delivering sustained double-digit growth in high-quality recurring subscription revenue over the long term.
Our customers are in resilient industries and we benefit from favourable global trends towards improved consumer privacy regulation and productive remote working. Our high levels of recurring revenue and low levels of customer concentration give us a stable foundation from which to invest for sustained growth through product innovation and substantial market expansion.
Our 140+ people operate from the UK, USA and Australia with offices in Cambridge, Houston and Sydney.

THE ROLE

This is a varied role that would suit an individual looking to self-study for a professional accounting qualification while working in a fast-paced, fast-growing, multi-currency environment. The right candidate could be a recent graduate or a more experienced professional. This role offers exposure to a wide-range of finance activities as well as the opportunity to work with a modern, best-in-class finance technology stack in an AIM listed group.
Our goal is to work at our best, add maximum value to the business and enjoy what we do. Our business is changing all the time, and the right person for this role will be excited by the challenges and opportunities this generates.
This role will report to the Finance Manager until our Group Financial Controller returns from maternity leave, and then will report to the Group Financial Controller. The Assistant Group Accountant will interact regularly with the wider finance team, Director of Finance and Operations and the CFO.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Regular reconciliations across:
• Bank accounts in the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand
• Debtor accounts for our reseller partners
• Company credit cards
• Direct debit payments
• Other balance sheet accounts as part of month end close
• Month end, half year and year end postings as required including group-wide depreciation journals and accounting entries for our Australian business
• GST returns for our entities in Australia and New Zealand and support with other tax responsibilities such as VAT, US Sales tax and corporate tax as required
• Payroll processing for our Australian entity
• Supporting the transactional team as required, such as responding to customer queries
• Supporting the wider finance team on current finance projects
• Build and use reporting from NetSuite and Adaptive Planning and Budgeting to provide business insights
• Work with the wider management team as required during the budgeting and reforecasting processes to encourage alignment around financial goals and objectives
• Act as a key member of the internal team during the interim and year end external audit. Providing information requested and answering auditor queries
• Act with a mindset of continuous improvement, always on the look-out for ways to enhance the way the team works and how we could be even better