Payroll & Accounts Assistant

Dext
Dext, Bulgaria
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with a finance or accounting background seeking to grow into a payroll specialist role, working in a remote and flexible environment with a focus on international payroll systems.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a finance or accounting background and a desire to expand into payroll operations
    — “You have an accounting, finance or similar background (a degree, or part-way through ACCA/CIMA/ICAEW, is great)”
  • Individuals who are detail-oriented and capable of managing multiple payroll systems across countries
    — “You will learn how payroll works in several countries (the UK, France, Canada, Australia and Bulgaria)”
  • Those who value flexibility and remote work options while contributing to a global finance team
    — “Remote work and flexible hours”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a strong ability to handle deadlines and maintain accuracy under pressure
    — “You can keep confidential information safe”
  • The position involves a mix of payroll and accounting tasks, requiring versatility in skill sets
    — “The other 25% is accounting. One week each month, you will join the Accounting team for the month-end close.”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your experience with Excel and your attention to detail in financial tasks
    — “You are good with Excel”
  • Showcase your curiosity and willingness to grow in payroll or accounting roles
    — “You are curious, ask questions when unsure, and want to grow in payroll or accounting”
  • Demonstrate your ability to work with HR, payroll providers, and tax authorities effectively
    — “Work with HR, payroll providers and tax authorities”
  • Include examples of your experience with month-end accounting processes like accruals and reconciliations
    — “Prepare accruals (costs for work already done that we have not been invoiced for yet) and prepayments”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Accurate payroll processing
  • Efficient month-end close
Typical background
Accounting or finance backgroundPayroll experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Payroll ProcessingAccountingMonth-end CloseExcel

Preferred

ERP SystemsInternational Payroll

Stack & domain

PayrollAccountingExcelAccrualsPrepaymentsReconciliationsCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkLeadershipFinance

About the role

Original posting from Dext via Ashby

Join us and start your Payroll Career!

At Dext, we help accountants and bookkeepers work smarter through technology. We are now looking for a Payroll & Accounts Assistant in Bulgaria to join our international Finance team. This is a learning role. You will work closely with our Head of Payroll and grow into running payroll for a whole country.

About the role

About 75% of your time is payroll. You will learn how payroll works in several countries (the UK, France, Canada, Australia and Bulgaria). You will start with the basics and take on more as you grow.

The other 25% is accounting. One week each month, you will join the Accounting team for the month-end close.

What you’ll do

Payroll

  • Prepare monthly payroll inputs: new starters, leavers, changes, overtime, bonuses and absence
  • Learn UK, France, Australia, Canada and Bulgaria payroll as a back-up, so the team is always covered
  • Check payroll against the accounts and prepare payroll journals
  • Answer employee payroll questions
  • Work with HR, payroll providers and tax authorities
  • Keep process notes and checklists up to date

Month-end accounting

  • Prepare accruals (costs for work already done that we have not been invoiced for yet) and prepayments (costs we have paid in advance that belong to future months)
  • Help with balance sheet reconciliations
  • Help us close the books faster
  • Answer finance and audit questions

Who you are

  • You have an accounting, finance or similar background (a degree, or part-way through ACCA/CIMA/ICAEW, is great)
  • You have 1-2 years of experience in payroll, accounts or finance. We are happy to train the right person
  • You know the accounting basics: accruals, prepayments and reconciliations
  • You are good with Excel
  • You are careful and always check your own work
  • You speak and write fluent English
  • You can keep confidential information safe
  • You stay calm and organised when deadlines are close
  • You are curious, ask questions when unsure, and want to grow in payroll or accounting

Nice to have

  • Experience with an ERP such as NetSuite or Xero
  • Interest in payroll in other countries

Our Perks & Benefits

  • 25+1 days paid time off (including your birthday)
  • Remote work and flexible hours
  • Volunteering days
  • Parental leave
  • Additional health and life insurance
  • Wellbeing benefits

Dext collects and processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. If you are a European Job Applicant see the privacy notice https://apply.workable.com/dext/gdpr_policy?lng=en for further details.

Dext does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Source: Dext careers (Ashby)

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