Accounts Assistant

POST:

Accounts Assistant (Temporary Contract - Part Time)

ROLE:

Accounts, administration

REPORTING TO:

Finance Director

HOURS:

For 8 months from 1st August 2024 to 31st March 2025

(Finish date may be extended by mutual agreement)

Working pattern:

9am to 5pm Monday

9am to 5pm Wednesday

9am to 5pm Friday

SALARY:

£15 per hour

LOCATION:

Brickhouse Hill, Eversley, RG27 0PY

Join Us

The Accounts Assistant will assist the Finance Director of Greenfords Ltd T/a Greenford Park Homes and Eversley Storage with the day to day administrative workload of the Accounts Department.

THE BUSINESS

Greenfords Ltd is a long standing business with a real focus on customer service. We are based at our offices in Eversley, Hampshire. The company has two principle activities:

- Eversley Storage - provides self storage facilities and warehousing

- Greenford Park Homes - develops and manages quality park home estates.

YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Processing purchase ledger invoices and credit card statements on Sage 50 Accounts Professional
2. Processing incoming customer payments (parks and storage)
3. Processing other incoming and outgoing bank payments
4. Invoicing customers
5. Issuing of month end statements from our storage software
6. Setting up deposit returns and refunds in the bank
7. Preparing supplier payment runs
8. Reconciling the petty cash tin
9. Recurring payment (RCP/DD) scheduling and confirmation letters
10. Direct Debit Collections - storage, parks utilities & pitch fees
11. Recurring Card Payment Collections
12. Basic Credit Control
13. Bank Reconciliations
14. Accounts email inbox monitoring
15. General department administration (letters, filing, phone calls etc)

These responsibilities are intended as a working document for the position outlined. They indicate the range and type of duties involved. They are not exhaustive and may change, to respond to the company’s needs.

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

We will consider the following people for this role:

• Experienced Accounts Assistants or
• Graduates looking to gain experience in a financial role (financial or mathematical studies) or
• Gap year students / Part time students (financial or mathematical studies)

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CANDIDATE WHO

• Has a strong academic background
• Is very competent with numbers and has excellent attention to detail
• Has knowledge of Microsoft Word / Excel

o Knowledge of Sage accounting software is very useful but not essential

o Knowledge of Accounting concepts (double entry, VAT etc) is preferred but would not be essential, provided that your academic record is strong

WE WILL PROVIDE

- Excellent professional no smoking offices in which to work

- Initial and ongoing training

- Good regular liaison with the Finance Director and other members of the team

NEXT STEPS

We hope that you will be interested in working with us. Application is by CV via the Reed application button at the bottom of this page.

Do contact us with any queries.