Role Description - Accounting and Backoffice Administrator

General Purpose

The Back-office Manager is responsible for providing administrative and clerical services in order to ensure effective and efficient operations within the organisation.

Tasks and Responsibilities

  • Provide general administrative and clerical support
  • Maintain office services by organizing office operations and procedures
  • Assist Financial Director:
    • in maintaining financial monitoring spreadsheets, encoding and paying invoices, communicating with customers and vendors on accounting matters, reconciling financial monitoring spreadsheets with the official book-keeping
  • Logistics & travel arrangements:
    • Schedule and coordinate meetings, appointments and travel arrangements
    • Arrange logistics for workshops, training seminars , teambuilding and other meetings: arrangements with travel agent, with participants, event coordination, checking facilities and equipment before the sessions
  • Office maintenance:
    • Organise the office layout and maintain supplies of stationery and equipment
    • Manage contract and price negotiations with office suppliers, service providers and office lease
    • Coordinate with IT department on all office equipment
    • Assist all members of staff in the transition towards zero paper administration (scanning and archiving paper documents, designing archiving logic and file inventories)
  • Maintain company website

    Ensure adherence with cApStAn’s mission and values