Accounts Assistant

Residential Management Group; Acton Bridge; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare cashback plan

Sponsorship for study and professional

Pension scheme (matched up to 7%)

Life assurance (4x salary)

Our Place Rewards programme

Job summary

Places for People seeks an accounts/finance support professional to join the Northwich team. You will handle supplier invoices, payments, reconciliations, and customer communications, while supporting balance management and onboarding of new developments.

The role requires solid Excel skills, strong communication, and the ability to follow procedures to meet deadlines. AAT study is encouraged, with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience working in accounts, finance, business support or property management.
• Competent in Microsoft Excel to an intermediate level and able to use Office tools.
• Good written and verbal communication with internal and external customers.
• Ability to follow procedures and meet deadlines.
• GCSE Maths at grade C or above; studying towards AAT encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier invoices and payments and liaise with contractors to resolve disputes.
• Prepare tribunal packs when required.
• Record and reconcile supplier and customer accounts.
• Issue periodic letters and invoices to customers and handle queries.
• Oversee set-up of new build completions and onboarding of developments.
• Undertake customer debt recovery and process customer receipts.

Skills

Accounts experience

Microsoft Excel

Strong communication

Procedures & deadlines

Dispute resolution

Customer service

Attention to detail

Education

GCSE Maths (Grade C)

AAT studies encouraged

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Responsibilities

• supplier invoices and payments and liaise with contractors to resolve disputes
• Preparing tribunal packs as and when required
• Supporting the team with additional responabilities and activities as requited
• Issue periodic letters and invoices to customers and handle queries from that arise from this
• Reconciliation of supplier and customer accounts
• Process and oversee the set-up of new build completions, ensuring all developments are onboarded accurately and efficiently, and establish new business records as required.
• Undertake customer debt recovery and processing of Customer receipts
• Process

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Essential Experience working in an accounts, finance, business support, administration orproperty management, Microsoft office competent - Excel to intermediate level minimum
• Good communication skills via telephone, email and video conferencing - with both internal and external customers
• Ability to follow procedures and work to deadlines
• Minimum Grade C in GCSE maths
• Preferred Studying towards AAT or willingness to undertake
• Previous experience in accounts or finance roles
• Experience dealing with customer disputes and working towards a resolution

Benefits

• A 37.5 hour working week and a competitive salary 27 days holiday plus all Bank Holidays Free Healthcare cashback Plan
• (re-claiming for things like optical treatment (plus an optical discount voucher) and dental care, physiotherapy and GP Charges plus more! (all to a generous fixed amount), plus 24/7 access to remote GP Services Sponsorship for study and professional qualifications (up to 4 study days) Pension scheme (matched up to 7%) and Life assurance (4 x annual salary) As part of Places for People Group (RMG's parent company), you will have access to Our Place Rewards, where you can choose from a huge range of shopping discounts, instore vouchers and reloadable e-cards, earn cashback on on-line purchases and take advantage of many exclusive offers!

Work Details

Full time at our offices in Northwich (CW9 7LN) - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Diversity & Inclusion

As part of ourcommitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities