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Accounts Assistant

Job Posted: 10 hours ago

Salary: £ 25,000 - 25,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: B92, Olton, Solihull

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Accounts Assistant (Permanent – Full-Time 35-hour week Mon-Fri)

Location – Solihull

Salary £25,000 on-site parking, 20 days holiday allowance, Death in Service insurance, NEST pension and access to a workplace health and wellbeing service.

The Opportunity

My client who has been operating since 2015 is a growing provider of manned security and cleaning services. Their core services include, Key Holding, Alarm Response, Lock and Unlocks, Mobile Patrols, Vacant Property Inspections, Manned Guarding, Site Security, Retail security, Concierge Security, Door Supervision and Event Security for a diverse client base that includes; Councils, Care Homes, Schools, Academies, Universities, Gatehouses, Checkpoints, Zoos, Commercial and Residential companies. I am currently working in partnership with them to find an Accounts Assistant.

What You’ll Be Doing

  * They will report directly to the Head of Finance and will be using the following systems: Odoo (Accounts), Brightpay (Payroll) and Connect Team

  * Invoice processing – both sales and purchase invoice registration

  * Customer account reconciliations

  * Collecting and processing information/data

  * Bank reconciliations on a weekly/monthly basis

  * Processing the monthly payroll process on Brightpay payroll system

  * Managing the monthly payroll process

  * VAT return preparation

  * Production of sales quotes and profitability analysis for potential new contracts/clients

  * Coding and posting journals

  * Debt chasing/credit control on a regular basis to ensure positive cashflow for the business

  * Maintaining and developing relationships with clients and suppliers

  * Providing general assistance to the finance and operations team

  * General administration and upkeep of the financial ledger

  * Maintenance and daily upkeep of email inboxes

  * Leading the business’ month end process

  * Dealing with security staff queries on a routine basis

  * Supporting the business with finance projects as and when required

  * Ad hoc financial administration tasks

  * Supporting the HR Dept with credit checks for new staff

  * Supporting the HR Dept with administrative tasks, such as filing paperwork on shared drive

  * Providing the HR Dept with cost analysis of staffing in relation to recruitment costs, sickness etc

About You

  * The role requires confidence, strong attention to detail, and a good telephone manner, as you will be chasing debt and handling both accounts payable and receivable.

  * You must also be able to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment and be someone who can “hit the ground running.”

  * Ideally reside within an easy commute of Solihull

  * For this role candidates will ideally be a part qualified finance professional (ACA/CIMA/ACCA/AAT) with at least 3 years industry or finance experience.

We do try to reply to each application personally, however as you can appreciate, we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle and it is not always possible to do this. Therefore, if we do not contact you within seven days your application for this particular role has not been successful. However, we have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Fairford Associates operates as an Employment Agency introducing work-seekers to client employers for direct employment by those employers

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