We are currently looking to recruit an Admin and Accounts assistant to work at JPAT Ltd, The Admin and Accounts assistant's main duties and responsibilities will include, amongst other things:

• Maintaining the Sales and Purchase Ledger
• Managing receipts, payments (visa, BACs, Paypal, cheque) and petty cash
• Making credit control phone calls
• Assisting with statutory returns
• Overseeing office admin (post, answering the accounts phone line etc)
• Liaising with the directors and liaising with the rest of the team

Your skills/qualities:

• This position would suit you if you have prior experience of working in a small business environment, love detailed, accurate sales and purchase ledger work, and have a flexible and reliable attitude
• A good phone manner is important, as is the ability for you to be self-starting and to enjoy working alone, whilst liaising with the two directors and other staff
• Experience of using integrated stock and book-keeping software, Excel and email software is a strong advantage.

We are looking for staff with 'on the job' tried and tested accounts and admin experience in a small business environment rather than necessarily having to have book keeping qualifications.

Hours: approximately 24 hours per week, spread over 4 or 5 days

Salary: The salary of the successful applicant will depend upon experience

Start date: March 2025

Benefits: Good, spacious working environment, work pattern agreed mutually (within JPAT's openings times of Mon-Fri, 8am - 5pm and in consultation with the directors), free on-site parking, company benefits (accident and illness scheme, auto-enrol compliant pension), competitive rates of pay, very low staff turnover

About us: JPAT is a long-standing (we celebrate 50 years this autumn!) and successful family business on the Pear Tree Industrial Estate in Upper Langford, North Somerset, between Churchill and Blagdon on the A368. We supply automatic transmissions, transfer cases, and reconditioned torque converters and transfer cases in the UK and internationally. 

Units 4a & 4b Pear Tree Industrial Estate, Bath Road, Upper Langford, North Somerset, BS40 5DJ.

Please email Emma for a full job spec and an application form. Thanks for reading!