The Role: Accounts Supervisor

The Company

Our client are a fast-growing hard services facilities and projects company. You will be joining a close-knit team of motivated individuals working to push company growth. We operate in a fast-paced working environment where speed of response and action is key. A good and supportive company culture is a huge motivator for our staff.

You will benefit from company social events, a focus on health through paid gym membership*, the option for flexi-home working (2 days a week) and financial support with childcare*.

You will have the opportunity to establish yourself as a key member and will benefit from the support and freedom (in regards to working methods) sometimes lacking in larger companies. You will be provided with opportunities for personal development in line with company growth with bi-annual appraisals. Employee development is a key aspect of our company ethos and opportunities for training and increased responsibilities will be provided.

The Role

The Accounts Supervisor will be the main person responsible for the accuracy of financial data in the business. It is therefore a crucial role within the team and one that provides important financial data to the Directors so that decisions on strategy can be made.

The business benefits from robust job lifecycle processes and the Accounts Supervisor role is the crucial last step in any job from a simple call-out to a large project.

The role will require you to have initiative and take charge of the invoicing and processing of bills (with support from a junior accounts team member). It will require you to be adaptable to various client software and be processed driven- implementing steps for the checking and challenging of financial data.

This is a supervisor role in a small company that is fast growing. It will therefore require you to take ownership willingly and allow you the freedom to implement your own experience in order to achieve the key deliverables of the role.

You will offer crucial support to the Directors, Commercial Ops Manager, projects team and company statutory accountant.

Primary Responsibilities

• To ensure that the company's financial data is consistently accurate and up to date and to report on this data as per the deliverables outlined in this document.
  
• To manage a junior accounts staff member to ensure that financial information is entered in a timely manner and checked & challenged for accuracy via weekly meetings.
  
• To raise invoices and manage the process between helpdesk/ project manager sign off and raising of invoices so that this is done in the shortest possible time with accuracy.
  
• To manage the debt profile of the business.
  
• To work closely with the Commercial Ops Manager and management accountant to help produce monthly management accounts.
  
• To implement and take responsibility over the month end process.

Essential experience/skills:

• A good level of Sales and Purchase Ledger experience (minimum 3 years' experience).
• Experience managing junior staff members successfully.
• A desire to take ownership over a role and to self-motivate.
• A great level of knowledge working with Xero.
• Previous experience either producing, or working with someone to produce monthly management accounts.
• A great level of experience with month-end processes.

The company would happily consider funding AAT training

The Package

• £26,000-£32,000 depending on experience
• Monday to Friday 8:00am- 5:00pm
• Working from home offered part time
• Gym membership
• Company pension
• Social events
• Childcare support
• Paid charity days
• Funded training programme