Season Workers

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Resort: Morzine

We are looking for someone to join our team as an Accounts & Admin Assistant on a part-time basis for the upcoming winter season. The role will be based in Morzine, France for the duration of the season (mid-November 2023 to end of April 2024).

Your primary responsibility will be to work under the guidance of our UK-based Finance Manager to review and process financial documents in a timely and accurate manner to help ensure that the accounts systems are up-to-date. Alongside this, you will also have some involvement in operational processes which directly impact our client stays. You will be a member of our French office team and will be interacting with the resort team frequently, particularly the Chalet Managers, to ensure effective reporting and the smooth running of the business.

We are a small and dynamic team, and what brings us together is our passion for the mountains and the incredible chalets we operate. We are split across our head office in Bath, UK, and our office in Morzine, France. As such, you will need to be an autonomous worker and able to manage your time effectively, whilst also keeping a high level of communication with the team, regardless of location. 

Main Responsibilities

• Process resort spend on card/accounting systems to assist the creation of regular reports

• Help enforce staff compliance with financial processes to improve accuracy of records

• Accurately create documents in our accounting systems with correct account and tax information

• Assist with the monitoring of in-resort stock

• Prepare tourist tax submissions reflective of the guest numbers in resort

• Assist with any other ad hoc accounting, administrative and operational tasks as required

Skills & Experience

• EU passport and/or the right to live and work in France

• A high level of numeracy and accuracy is essential

• Prior bookkeeping/data entry experience would be highly desirable

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - fluency in English is essential, French language skills are advantageous but not essential

• Experience with any of the following systems would also be advantageous: Xero, Soldo, Chalet Manager, Google Sheets / Excel

• Strong time management skills and the ability to work to deadlines

• An eye for detail and good concentration skills

• Flexibility – able to cope well with varied and changing tasks and environments

• A valid EU driving licence and confidence driving in winter conditions is advantageous

Benefits

• The part-time nature of this role means that it is most suited to someone local to the Morzine area 

• Flexible working environment with lovely office in The Hive in Morzine

• Weekly commitment of approximately 20-25 hours

• Auto Entrepreneur working arrangement

• Some overlap with UK office hours will be required, as will regular presence in The Hive office; once established in the role the possibility of more flexible working hours/remote working can be explored

• Training provided ahead of season