Careers

Bookkeeper required to manage and maintain the financial function of the company to ensure the management obtain timely management information and our customers and suppliers both receive payments and collections of payments on time.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The role will entail working with the financial information of the company maintaining and controlling issuing of invoices and receiving payments, Controlling the purchase ledger, chasing outstanding money by telephone and letter, maintaining the debtors within 45 day and undertaking all the VAT and statutory returns processing.

Detailed by date or function

Accounts Detail

• Post sales book

• Run reports Sales Daybook

• Receipts Daybook

• Sales Commission

• Copy Sales Invoice

• Reps Commission 2 copies (1 for P/L & 1 for Rep)

• Sales Analysis 3 copies (Management & File)

• Bank Recs

• Statements Send or do letters for slow payers.

• List of Customer Outstanding Aged Debt 60+ days

• Inform Reps of slow payers

• Chase a week after letter

Weekly

• Sales ledger

• Put on Orders & File In relevant box

• Release Orders

• Invoice Del notes & Put In post

• Deal with Credits & send with statements

• Post Cash

Purchase Ledger

• Post invoices when received & put In relevant file

• Prepare payment run invoices on Thursdays (every 2 weeks)

• Fax Remits or post

Nominal Ledger Post

• VAT Return (Quarterly)

Credit Control Detail

• Ensure that debts are paid in a timely manner

• Meet cash & debtor day targets set by the Firm

• Chase overdue invoices by telephone, email & letter within agreed timescales

• Maintain accurate records of all chasing activity

• Regular meetings with Sales Team to ensure all relevant debts are managed as necessary

• Identify changes in payment patterns and propose action to avert indebtedness

• Ensure that all transactions are compliant with HMRC regulations

• Handle disputed bills and negotiate to bring payment within the agreed terms

• Provide accurate advice on billing queries

• Respond promptly and completely to both client and internal enquiries

• Propose write off of irrecoverable WIP and disbursements

• Prepare files for transfer to the Debt Recovery firm

• Providing adhoc reporting as and when requested

• Post payments to accounts and allocate as required

• Undertake account reconciliations as required

• Ensure monthly processing deadlines are met as required

• Send out monthly statements/letters as may be agreed from time to time

• Develop the credit management capability within the practice

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Generalised knowledge of working in a finance function is essential;

Ability to negotiate and liaise with clients in a professional manner;

Use a range of appropriate forms of communication in familiar and new contexts;

Be able to use a wide range of numerical and graphical data in accredit control context,

Particularly Excel and Sage;

Be able to apply knowledge and understanding of credit control practices and techniques to

process, obtain and combine information;

Manage limited resources, take some supervisory responsibility for the work of others and help lead a small team in the implementation of their routine work

REPORTING TO:

Business Owners

WORKING HOURS: Full time Permanent

9:00AM – 5:30PM

20 days a year holiday

*Salary: £28,000.00 per year depending on experience

Job Type: Full-time

At Brandshare we’re always on the look out for new potential interns – Do you have what it takes to join the UK’s leading Pet Marketing Agency?

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We typically offer 3-6 month internships on an intern-to-perm basis where we aim to offer a position in the company to the right candidate after the 3-6 month period has ended.
Please send your CV to graham@wearebrandshare.com and enter “Internships” in the subject heading.

Media Sales Executive – Leading UK Brand Based in Surrey

£25,000 – £30,000 + OTE of £55,000

The Company.

The company is the leading media owners in the pet sector and on its way to becoming even bigger with three more titles planned for 2018. With a variety of well-known brands our reputation proceeds us. We live and breathe reward and recognition for all our staff. When people join they just don’t want to leave and some of our staff have been with us for over 20 years! We have impressive portfolios made up long standing accounts and a very captive audience. With the opportunity to work with leading industry professionals and clients, we are recruiting a Sales Executive to take their next step in their career.

The Role

With our brands across both print and digital and our reach well into the millions this is a very exciting opportunity. The Media Sales Executive main role is to create and grow revenue with new and existing advertisers. To do you must be organised and be able to manage an abundance of contacts with clients and agencies. The position doesn’t pigeon hole you into one channel, it lets you cross sell over all over them. Giving you the chance to build your skill set and give you exposure to all sectors of the business.

Your day to day responsibilities will include a mix of new business and account management. We want you being a brand ambassador while you build up your network with clients and agencies. All the while if you are creative and innovative we love this and will take anything you can bring to the table on board. With the internal facilities to support this you can come up with the idea and use the creative teams to put the proposals together and pull stats on potential advertisers. All key to helping you achieve your target for personal growth.

The Person

The successful Media Sales Executive will encompass the following skills and attributes:

• At least 18 Months’ experience in Media Sales
• Experience in either Print Sales, Digital Display, Out of Home advertising, Recruitment Advertising
• Strong new business skill set
• Amazing relationships building
• Strong communication skills & an excellent telephone manner
• High motivation levels and drive to exceed targets
• A tenacious and resilient
• Creative and innovative

Please send your CV to graham@wearebrandshare.com and enter “Media Sales Executive” in the subject heading.

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Brandshare team, producing a leading pet/lifestyle magazine.

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As Editorial Assistant you will play a key role in helping to produce our stable of quality pet magazines and their portfolio of websites. You will also work on maintaining and enhancing our growing and lively social media sites and forums.
Primarily working on our growing new title Dogs Monthly, you will also be asked to provide support to the teams producing Dogs Today Magazine and a host of client magazines.
As well as organisational and administration support for our teams, there is also plenty of opportunity to write for our portfolio and we are particularly interested in candidates who have excellent knowledge of pet and outdoor life topics.
You will have demonstrated a strong interest in journalism in your academic and/or professional career and will be organised, excellent with the written word and good at dealing with customer queries. We will also expect you to demonstrate excellent technical knowhow when it comes to social media and web publishing.
In return we offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including 4 weeks’ annual leave and a contributory pension (after qualifying period). A wide range of voluntary benefits include a cycle scheme and Childcare Vouchers.
Please send your CV to beverley@petsubjects.co.uk and enter “Editorial Assistant” in the subject heading.

We are a forward-thinking lifestyle pet accessory business who are expecting an extremely high growth in the next few years. To supplement this growth we are seeking a e-Commerce Manager.

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If you are looking for a completely new challenge within E-commerce, this is a one-off opportunity to really grow and excel in your career! You will oversee all E-commerce development within the business and be responsible for a range of marketing opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Report and monitor sales, key metrics and promotions.

• Manage daily and weekly reporting for all markets.

• Have fantastic, confident communication skills

• Work closely with the Sales Strategist on the long-term trading strategy.

• Providing both long and short term sales forecasts for all ecommerce channels that are driven by budgeted acquisition and marketing strategies.

• Manage the planning, delivery and reporting of all key promotional activity.

• Actively provide order and unit forecasts to ensure the correct allocation of resource during promotional periods.

• Identify and develop new paid search and paid social strategies to increase relevance and effectiveness of paid search activity for our existing clients, aiming for maximum campaign effectiveness.

• Merchandise and drive stock efficiency across all channels by monitoring the e-commerce stock holding and availability.

• Analyse trading patterns and understand the sales curve, reporting findings and identifying opportunities to further maximize online sales and profitability.

• Ensure that the product/range/trading strategies are supported by the digital marketing strategy for all trafficked channels – including SEO, PPC, Affiliates, retargeting and social advertising.

• Work with the Content team to optimise the website customer experience/ journey, feeding into decisions on content and layout across the site.

• Work closely with the ecommerce and marketing team to ensure all product launch dates are achieved and all product details are localised for the relevant territory.

• Take ownership of on-site merchandising, driving cross/up-sell to increase UPO and AOV, with responsibility to analyse impact and optimise the tool.

Personal Traits:

• Analytical and numerical with strong reporting skills.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Highly organised to ensure the smooth running of all daily operations.

• Ability to think commercially.

• Drive, enthusiasm and passion for the brand.

Please send your CV with a covering letter explaining why you would be GREAT for this job and also stating your current salary. to graham@wearebrandshare.com and enter “e-Commerce Manager” in the subject heading.