Accounts Assistant

Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading opticians and hearing care company based in Birmingham is seeking an Accounts Assistant to support the management accounting team. With clear responsibilities and growth opportunities, you will play a crucial role in maintaining financial accuracy while enjoying generous company benefits such as annual leave and pension schemes.

Benefits

28 days’ annual leave

Sick Pay

Pension

Generous staff discount scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in accounts.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to deal with high volumes.

Responsibilities

• Assist in timely posting of management accounting journals.
• Reconcile monthly utilities costs journals.
• Prepare and post hearing aid audiologist commission journals.

Skills

Communication

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Your role will be to provide support in preparation of the management accounts based at Head Office. You will assist the management accounting team in meeting the period end activities to ensure management accounting journals are processed as per the pre-defined schedules.

Responsibilities include:

Assist in the timely posting of periodic management accounting journals

Reconcile, review and post monthly utilities costs journals

Post utilities and other overheads direct debit payments to reconcile the bank

Reconciliation and payments posting of the assigned bank accounts

Prepare and post hearing aid audiologist commission journals

Assist in periodic balance sheet accounts reconciliations

Assist in maintaining the assets register and calculations of depreciations as per the applicable schedules

Preparing and posting various journals as allocated by the supervisor

Adhering to the strict predefined schedules of the management accounting department

Provide cover during other finance staff absence

Ensuring adherence to the Company’s procedures and financial compliance

Assist the Management Accountant in other ad hoc responsibilities as required

The successful applicant will have to have a minimum of two years in accounts, excellent written and oral communication skills, be able to deal with high volumes and good use of Microsoft packages, namely Word and Excel.

The Business

We are a nationally based opticians and hearing care business. With a Head Office in Birmingham and a local manufacturing facility, we support over 166 retail branches across England, Scotland and Wales. This is a family owned business, which has maintained a presence in the city since 1938, and we are expanding.

Company Benefits:

• Central location and transport links (2 minute walk from Five Ways Station and 5 minutes walk from city centre tram links)
• 28 days’ annual leave
• Sick Pay
• Pension
• Generous staff discount scheme
  
  

If you are interested in a new role and you want to know more about this opportunity, please get in touch.