Spanish - English Speaking Accounts Assistant

Are you looking for an exciting Accounts Assistant role working within a fast-paced and dynamic working environment?

If so, this is an excellent opportunity to utilise your communication skills and join the small and friendly accounts team (working from our office in Madrid) of a progressive international software house with the headquarters in Harrow, London, UK.

This role requires an enthusiastic, details-orientated individual with a 'can-do' attitude who can perform high quality day to day accounting tasks supporting the finance team.

**Responsibilities**:
You will be involved in, but not restricted to, the following duties:

- Assisting with Accounts payable and receivable.
- Liaising with suppliers and dealing with their account queries.
- Preparing supplier payments.
- Credit control.
- Issuing invoices and inter-company invoicing.
- Bank reconciliations and monitoring cashflow.
- To be flexible and provide support to other members of the team when required.
- Ad hoc duties.

**Required Skills and Experience**:

- Good communications skills with a high standard of spoken and written English.
- Have a minimum of 1 years’ experience of working in the accounts/finance sector.
- Intermediate or proficient knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Experience with accounting software (preferably Xero) would be advantageous.
- The ability to be assertive, proactive and have a logical, analytical mind with good organisational skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills such as negotiating, listening, problem-solving and knowledge-sharing.
- The ability to engage with a variety of people, interact positively and influence both colleagues and suppliers.
- Attention to detail.
- Working with team members to implement and improve processes and procedures.
- Understanding the department’s workflow and have awareness as to how your own role and work influences other departments in the company.
- The ability to be both a team player whilst also being able to work independently.
- Knowledge of how to prepare and interpret financial statements, financial reporting methods, planning and implementing accounting controls would be advantageous.

**In return we offer**:

- Competitive salary (depending on experience).
- Extensive support and training.
- Company laptop.
- 22 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days gradually after completing 2 full years at iTS).
- Access to company contributory pension scheme after successfully passing probation.
- Superb promotion and career development prospects.

**Company Description**

iTS is an independently run firm established in 1988, headquartered in the United Kingdom, Harrow, Middlesex with operations throughout Europe and North America. iTS has a global presence with customers across five continents.

iTS is both ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 27001-2013 accredited and recognised in our Quality and Information Security Management Systems.

**Company Values and Culture**

We aim to provide a great place to work, with an approachable environment where people feel valued, appreciated and inspired to be the best they can be.

**iTS is three things**:
Customer Focused

We respect that our company’s future is built on supporting our customers to the highest possible standard. we go the extra mile to ensure that customers have what they require and that their needs are being met. we are always conscious that our customers have choice and strive to be first port of call when the need for our products arise.

Flexible & Loyal

The time, energy and money invested in supporting our customers, developing our products and serving the company is undertaken with long term relationships in mind in the hope that the flexibility and loyalty we demonstrate today is rewarded in the future.

An International Team with a Family Spirit

We are an approachable international team with humble roots. We aim to provide a great place to work, where people feel valued and appreciated and inspired to be the best they can be. We reward people for their hard work and strive to retain talent within the company. We always aim to achieve results and celebrate them when we do.

**iTS is not**:
Arrogant

Arrogance makes people believe they always know best. It stops the constant learning that success requires. We see arrogance as the beginning of the end of any organisation.