The role

This is an exciting entry-level role for a trainee accounts assistant to kick-start your career with one of the fastest-growing market research agencies in the UK.

About you

You might have a degree or relevant accounting experience, but the key is your ability to be self-starting, enthusiastic and to be on board with our values: authenticity, partnership, entrepreneurship and positivity.

Qualifications & Skills

• Graduate or similar level preferred
• 1-2 years relevant experience preferred
• Excellent communication skills
• IT literate
• Proactive approach and an eye for detail
• Self-motivated with a ‘can do’ flexible attitude to work requirements
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines

You’ll be given structured training and mentoring across all aspects of this varied role, with a career path in place and the opportunity for progression and growth into management.

A bit about Blue Yonder

Blue Yonder is all about people: our amazing team are key to our success. We value authenticity, partnership, entrepreneurship and positivity, and these values aren’t just stuck up on a wall somewhere – they underpin everything we do, internally and externally. Our culture is key; we’re supportive, learning- and solution-focused, and we’re a lovely bunch to work with. But we would say that wouldn’t we? Well don’t just take our word for it – in our 2022 full-team survey, 100% agreed their line manager cared about their learning and development, and the most common words to describe Blue Yonder were ‘friendly’, ‘innovative’ and ‘fun’. So that really does come straight from the horse’s mouth*.

In the last couple of years, we’ve doubled our team size, restructured and innovated. We were shortlisted for agency of the year at the Market Research Society awards after winning breakthrough agency of the year in 2020, and we were finalist for Agency of the Year in 2020, 2021 and 2022. And in 2023, we’re still growing, innovating more than ever, and looking for more great people to join our expanding team.

We don’t do ‘off the shelf’ approaches; we work in partnership with our clients, challenge, design solutions and make them happen. We’re hands-on, regardless of job title, and we work with mixed methods to answer client questions, presented beautifully, using a range of tools including video and interactive deliverables. And while our HQ is in Leeds, we work flexibly, and our clients and projects span the globe.

Learn more about Blue Yonder Culture

What we offer

We don’t do unnecessary fluff but we do offer a competitive salary, company profit share, bonus holiday for your birthday, regular socials, charity, DE&I and wellbeing initiatives and lots of structured training throughout the year. We have a flexible working environment and if there’s something that’s important to you – be it a season ticket, a day you need to pick the kids up, or a specific charity you want to support – let’s talk!

We’re always looking for great people, so if this isn‘t quite the right role for you, get in touch anyway – as we grow, we’ll have more vacancies across our teams. Sometimes we even create a brand-new role for the right person, so if you like the sound of Blue Yonder, get in touch and let’s see what we can do!

Authenticity is one of our core values, and at Blue Yonder we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic team with equal opportunities. We want to attract, develop, and promote the very best people from all walks of life, so we actively encourage applications from a range of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, as well as others who are underrepresented in our sector, such as disabled or neurodiverse applicants.

Please note successful applicants must have the right to work in the UK and will need to bring proof to the interview e.g. a passport or work permit.

Interviews to be held w/c 18th September 2023.

If you require any adjustments to be made to accommodate your interview, please email [email protected] in confidence.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From £20,000-23,000 per year

Vacancy benefits

•Casual dress
•Company events
•Company pension
•On-site parking
•Hybrid working
•Extra day off for your birthday
•Career development & promotion opportunities

Schedule:

40 hours per week – Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

Leeds: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)

Experience:

Accounting: 1 year preferred

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leeds

Application deadline: 14/09/2023

Reference ID: Accounts Assistant