Houghton Hall
Accountant (Part-Time)
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Accountant (Part-Time) – Houghton Hall Estate
Location: Houghton Hall Estate Office, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 6UE
Hours: 20 hours per week, worked over 3 or 4 days
Core Hours: 10:00am–3:00pm, with a 1-hour lunch break
Contract Type: Part-time, permanent
Location: Fully office-based
About Houghton Hall
Houghton Hall is a privately owned historic estate in Norfolk, originally constructed in the 1720s for Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. Today, it is the residence of the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley and his family.
The Estate includes extensive parkland, the award-winning Walled Garden, the Soldier Museum - home to one of the world’s largest private collections of model soldiers – as well as a popular Café and Gift Shop.
Houghton Hall also hosts major seasonal exhibitions and welcomes visitors throughout the open season, creating a varied and interesting financial environment.
The Role
We are looking for an organised and reliable part-time Accountant to support the day-to-day finance function at Houghton Hall.
This is a varied and hands-on position, supporting the accounts requirements of both Houghton Hall Estate and an associated property development company.
The role covers a broad range of accounting activities, including purchase ledger, bank and sales reconciliations, tenant and intercompany recharges, payroll preparation, CIS and VAT.
The successful candidate will be confident managing their day-to-day workload and will have practical bookkeeping or accounting experience, ideally with a strong working knowledge of Xero.
The position will be supported by the wider Finance Team based in Cheshire.
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Key Responsibilities
Houghton Hall Estate
- Processing supplier invoices into Xero
- Matching invoices within the purchase order system and preparing invoices for payment
- Reconciling member and supplier accounts, including Fram Farmers
- Completing credit card reconciliations, including liaising with owners and managers to ensure expenditure is accurately coded
- Raising recharge invoices for electricity, biomass, water and other services
- Processing intercompany invoices and tenant recharges
- Completing bank reconciliations using Xero bank feeds
- Reconciling seasonal sales income, including Gift Shop, Café, plant sales, admissions, and online takings
- Banking cash receipts on a regular basis
- Preparing monthly wage information for submission to the outsourced payroll provider
- Liaising with utility providers and local authorities regarding tenant changes, including council tax, electricity, water and other account transfers
- Assisting with month-end procedures, including:
- debtor chasing
- creditor allocations and preparation of payment runs
- reviewing coding and resolving discrepancies
- general reconciliations and month-end checks
Property Development Company
- Working under the guidance of the Property Development Manager and with support from the wider Finance Team:
- Processing supplier invoices in accordance with information and coding provided by the Property Development Manager
- Adding approved supplier invoices to payment runs
- Preparing and submitting CIS returns
- Preparing and submitting quarterly VAT returns
- Assisting with other day-to-day accounting requirements of the property development company as required
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About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Previous experience in an accounting, bookkeeping or accounts assistant role
- Strong working knowledge of Xero is beneficial but not necessary
- Experience of purchase ledger, bank reconciliations and general bookkeeping
- An understanding of VAT and CIS, with previous practical experience desirable
- Good attention to detail and strong organisational skills
- Confidence working independently while knowing when to seek guidance and managing completing priorities
- Good communication skills and the ability to work with colleagues across different areas of the Estate
- A professional approach and the ability to handle confidential information appropriately
- An accounting or bookkeeping qualification would be advantageous but is not essential where the candidate has suitable practical experience.
Working Pattern
This is a 20-hour-per-week position, worked over 3 or 4 days per week.
Core working hours are 10:00am - 3:00pm, with a one-hour lunch break. There is some flexibility around how the remaining contracted hours are arranged.
The position is fully office-based at Houghton Hall Estate Office, near King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, dependent on experience
- Workplace pension
- Flexible working hours
- Free entry to Houghton Hall Estate and selected Estate events
- Private medical insurance
- Life insurance
- £30,000 FTE
To Apply
Please send your CV together with a short covering note outlining your relevant experience, current availability and preferred working pattern.
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