Reports to: Managing Director
Hours: Negotiable hours, 30-40 hrs per week
Holiday: 28 days including public holidays (pro-rata to hours worked)
Salary: £31,500 FTE plus performance related bonus – OTE £34,800 FTE
Probation: Six months
This company is a well-established provider of equipment to care homes and hospitals, based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Position overview
You will have sole responsibility for the bookkeeping and accounting records of the company, through to monthly management accounts. You will audit purchase and sales ledger entries to ensure accuracy, generate accurate monthly management accounts and weekly KPI’s, analyse the data, and report the company position to the directors on a monthly basis.
Qualifications and Experience
- At least two years’ experience as an Accountant.
- AAT, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
- Advanced working knowledge of Sage 50.
- An understanding of the application of management accounts to a business.
Skills
- Accuracy and consistency.
- Ability to reconcile accounts and resolve reconciliation issues.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Familiarity with data analysis and reporting.
- Excellent communication skills, and strong computer literacy.
- Ability to review and improve current processes
- Able to advise and plan work for other team members
- Excellent Excel skills
- Strong customer focus with a high standard of service.
- A high degree of numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Audit purchase ledger entries
- Bank reconciliation at least twice per week
- Weekly KPI report
- Debt Collection
- Lodgements for Sage, Cash & Cheque
- Misc Payments including foreign exchange
- Complete VAT Exemptions for customers
- Purchase Invoice Entry
- Prepayments and Accruals
- Wage Entry
- VAT Return
- P&L v Budget
- Balance Sheet
- Stock Report
- Ratio Analysis Tool
- Payment Run
- Sales Ledger Reconciliation
- Debtors Report
Key Performance Objectives (KPI’s)
- Reduce Debtor Days to below 45
- Revise the weekly KPI report to improve it’s value
- Rationalise the KPI reporting
- Improve Purchase Ledger entry accuracy
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