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Closing Date: 24/06/2025

Accounts Assistant
Education for Industry Group
Permanent
Full-Time
Electra House – London, EC2M 6SE

About the Role

Join our Finance team and play a vital role in managing accounts, driving financial accuracy, and supporting the EFI Group’s success.

The Accounts Assistant will play a key role within our Finance team and oversee day-to-day accounts receivable and payable activities for the EFI Group. Responsibilities include reviewing the sales ledger, managing debtors, chasing outstanding fees, processing invoices, ensuring accurate payments, and maintaining precise financial records.

About You

• Qualifications: Newly qualified accountant or equivalent (ideal but not essential).
• Experience: Experience in computerised accounting systems, debt collections, accounts payable, general accounting, and administration, with strong proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and a background in accounting environments.
• Expertise: Strong knowledge of basic accounting, including double-entry bookkeeping, maintaining ledgers, cashbook maintenance, and accounts receivable.
• Passion: Committed to delivering accurate and efficient data processing, with a proactive and adaptable approach to managing the challenges of a fast-paced environment.

If you feel your skills and experience would fit well within our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply or get in touch with our Recruitment Team to discuss further.

Why The EFI?

We foster a culture where our team members can lean on each other, recognise each other, and celebrate together! At EFI, we prioritise your growth and wellbeing with a range of fantastic benefits, including:

• Funded professional qualifications including teacher training, personal growth allowance and annual CPD.
• Generous and flexible leave options, including an around-the-world trip after five years of service
• Market-leading family-friendly pay, including six months of fully paid maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Monthly wellbeing allowance and financial loan options to support your financial health

Salary:

From £26,550 to £29,500 per annum, subject to qualifications and experience

How to apply/Next Steps:

Create an account via our website, click 'Start Application', and submit your completed application form. Please note as we are an education provider, CVs are not accepted. You can find our EFI Application Form here. 

Closing Date:

8am on Tuesday 24th June 2025.

Interviews/Recruitment Day:  

Interviews to be held in-person at Electra House, Moorgate, EC2M 6SE

More Information/Contact us:

For more information about the FRA, visit our website and refer to the job description. 

Please contact recruitment@efigroup.ac.uk for further information.

The EFI is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults. Candidates offered positions will be required to undergo thorough safeguarding background checks as a condition of the offer.  

Thank you for sharing our values and commitment to student safety. 

Diversity Statement

The EFI is proud to have a student body as diverse as its central London location!  With students from 17 ethnicities, traveling from all over the United Kingdom, with a variety of learning needs and a wide range of experiences and interests, we are looking to recruit a workforce that is as diverse as our amazing students and will support them to achieve their potential. If you would like to request any accommodations from application through to interview, please email us at recruitment@fra.ac.uk. Any equality and diversity information you choose to give helps to provide the HR team at the EFI with a deeper understanding of our people, and their experiences. It assists us in identifying any existing biases or gaps that the EFI can work on addressing and improving. All ED&I information you provide is strictly confidential to the HR Department and will not be seen by the shortlisting or selection panel.