At Intellect, we love teamwork and collaboration. We are a small but incredibly productive, independent publishing house – individual autonomy and responsibility is very important here. Each member of our team takes ownership of their business activity and is expected to deliver on that activity.
In return, we all enjoy a respectful and harmonious office environment.
Please take a look at our values below and consider if they align with yours:
- Passion for encouraging the communication of ideas
- Commitment to learn from mistakes and strive for excellence
- Desire to foster honesty, integrity and optimism
- Spirit of cooperation and teamwork for creativity and energy
- Respect for all opinions and an openness to other ways of thinking
- Trust in a diversity of experience and perspectives.
Rewards and recognition
Our reward and recognition offering helps us to retain and motivate our staff. You will be working in a talented and highly productive environment. Our benefits include:
- Flexible hours for that all-important work/life balance
- Generous paid holiday including a day off for your birthday
- Company pension scheme
- Childcare vouchers
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Opportunity to do paid voluntary work
Our culture
We are proud of the value we place on individuality; we want you to be the real you at work and maximise your potential. At Intellect, you’ll be working with a committed team, working with authors to get their ideas out there!
At Intellect, we strive to nurture fresh thinking in the arts, media and creative industries and we are committed to serving our authors. If you agree with our mission, we would love to hear from you. You will find all our current vacancies below. We value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Current vacancies
Company Accountant
Grade 4 £32,605 – £38,550 depending on experience
Deadline: 12th April 2024
Interviews estimated week commencing 22nd April 2024
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, genders, abilities and ethnicities.
We are expanding our team.
Intellect is an independent academic publisher for scholars and practitioners teaching and researching in the arts, media and creative industries.
We provide publishing services in many subject areas, backed by almost 40 years of steady growth, and a reputation for excellence in design and production.
We are looking for a Company Accountant to manage general accounting and financial processes of our company. Working with an Accounts Assistant, you’ll be responsible for completing all daily accounting tasks, including preparing company management accounts and tax documents. You will also carry out relevant administrative duties. Ultimately, you will ensure the company’s finances run smoothly.
Our staff enjoy a very supportive working culture and job fulfillment, and we are committed to a healthy work/life balance. Benefits include:
Flexible working
Generous annual leave, 25 days plus bank holidays
Contributory pension
Childcare voucher scheme where applicable
Cycle to work scheme
Interest-free company loan
Primary tasks:
Recording day to day financial transactions and completing the posting process
Verifying that transactions are recorded in the correct day book, suppliers ledger, customer ledger and general ledger
Prepare company accounts and analyze them against performance
Maintain and update accounting records and files
Ensure compliance with tax policies and handle tax payments and returns
Liaise with our external accountant on quarterly and year end accounts
Meet with clients to discuss confidential accounting issues
Reconcile bank statements
Analyze transactions with internal and external stakeholders
Conduct month-end and year-end closures
Prepare documents for audits
Apply new accounting policies and ensure compliance with rules and regulations
Ensure all day-to-day financial transactions are accurately recorded in a timely manner
Report to the directors and work to improve financial processes
Other relevant administrative duties (expenses, petty cash, liaising with payroll, invoicing, etc.)
As part of a small team, there will be some other areas of work to which you may be asked to contribute. Training will be given on the job as required.
Requirements and skills
Similar experience as a Company Accountant or relevant role in accounting
Excellent use of Microsoft Office Word and Excel; very good with spreadsheets
Knowledge of Sage accounting system including multi currency accounts
Good math skills
Attention to detail
Strong organizational and communication skills
Confidentiality and integrity
Accounting qualification or relevant experience
This is a full-time, permanent position, 37.5 hrs pw with a probationary period of six months. This position will be based in our office in Bristol, with flexible working and hybrid working available.
All interviews will be conducted at our Bristol office or remotely via Gmeet where applicable.
Please apply with a full CV and covering letter to: Ria Baker, ria@intellectbooks.com.
Closing date for all applications: 12th April 2024
(Please note that if you have not received a reply by 30th April 2024 then your application has not been successful on this occasion.)
Intern scheme
We offer a three-month paid, graduate intern scheme on an on-going basis to those graduates hoping to gain an insight into the publishing industry. We pay the living wage for all our interns.
We invest in your growth and development, and provide opportunities for you to learn new skills and take on responsibilities and projects. You will be assigned a mentor and have the opportunity to work both independently and as part of a team.
At the successful completion of your placement, we will happily provide you with a reference to further enhance your career development. We hope that your time spent with us will be enjoyable and fruitful.
To give you an idea of what you might be doing during your internship, here are a few of the tasks that previous interns have done:
- Research
- Updating databases/information
- Proofreading
- Mail outs
- Website and social media
- (Re)organising and filing
- Marketing
- Participate in staff meetings
This is just an example of the type of things you might be doing - you probably won't do all of these and often new tasks will arise on a day-to-day basis (as is the nature of publishing). There will, inevitably, be some administrative tasks, which, although slightly tedious at times, are essential to the running of a small business like Intellect. You will have a variety of tasks to complete over your three-month work period.
Learning objectives
A list of learning objectives will be developed with your line manager upon your arrival. In addition to these department-specific skills, Intellect strives to allow interns to achieve the following broad learning objectives:
- Consistency: checking and maintaining consistency is a vital skill in publishing. Interns will develop an eye for detail and gain skills in checking for and maintaining consistency.
- Time management: interns will be given the opportunity to balance their own workload and prioritize tasks accordingly.
- Project management/finishing skills: interns will be given the opportunity to take ownership of a project and see it through from start to finish.
Here’s what some of our previous interns have said:
'Working at Intellect has been a tremendously positive and instructive experience, I feel like Ihave learned a great deal about publishing. Additionally, this internship has been extremelypleasant as everyone at Intellect has been more than welcoming, helpful and fun to work with. I cannot thank everyone at Intellect enough for all their patience and generosity of spirit!'
'It has been a privilege to work in a company that is not all about profit and where there seems to be a genuine passion and motivation to achieve on a personal as well as a business level.'
'...a very relaxed and enjoyable experience. I have loved every aspect of the internship and feel that the (time has) gone by far too quickly.'
'The people here at Intellect are just wonderful. I've loved meeting so many warm, intelligent people all under one roof.'
'The trust and support I received at Intellect allowed me to constantly develop.'
Please note that our internship scheme is currently full until January 2025. If you would like any advice on getting into publishing, please contact our Office Manager, Holly Rose on holly@intellectbooks.com
Policy for agencies
At Intellect, we have a commitment to sourcing our people directly, and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.