Accounts Assistant

Rubix; Brandon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday Purchase

Wellbeing

Learning & Development

Enhanced Family Benefits

Retirement Support

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Rubix UK is seeking a finance professional to handle accounts payable, banking updates, and month-end activities. The role emphasizes accuracy in processing invoices, payroll-adjacent duties, and collaboration with suppliers. It supports a growing maintenance distribution network across Europe.

The candidate should bring transactional finance experience and be capable of engaging with colleagues to drive profitability and service levels. AAT is desirable.

Qualifications

• Clear communication and parameter setting across teams.
• Engage with colleagues to drive productivity and growth.
• Drive engagement plans and performance reviews.
• Lead by example to improve branch margins.
• Coach teams to motivate and empower performance.
• Make tough decisions and pursue stretch goals.
• Collaborate across functions for matrix success.
• Work with suppliers to ensure service levels.

Responsibilities

• Updating bank daily, weekly & monthly.
• Managing accounts payable end-to-end.
• Processing correct invoices via workflow.
• Bi-weekly and monthly payment runs.
• Reconciling monthly statements.
• Handling subcontractor invoices.
• Liaising with suppliers re payments/POs/invoices.
• Overseeing fleet & fuel cards.
• Weekly reporting to senior management.
• Maintaining financial spreadsheets accurately.
• Month-end journals & postings.
• Month-end reporting and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Reporting weekly and monthly costs.

Skills

Effective communication

Team engagement

Performance monitoring

Branch collaboration

Margin improvement

Motivation coaching

Decision making

Supplier relations

Education

AAT desirable

Transactional finance exp

Job description

The Vacancy

The Role

• Permanent
• Full Time

With a turnover of €2.2 billion, RUBIX is the largest supplier of industrial maintenance & distribution network in Europe. Present in 23 countries with more than 8000 employees.

Our sister Company Deritend was founded in 1898 and serves more than 3,500 customers in the UK and boasts a blue-chip client base that includes some of the largest manufacturers and best known brands in the world. We specialis4e in optimising asset performance, including motors, gear boxes, pumps, machining induction, condition monitoring and fabrication services.

Key Responsibilities

• Updating bank daily, weekly & monthly
• Maintaining & managing accounts payable end to end process
• Processing the correct invoices through the appropriate workflow
• Bi-Weekly and monthly payment runs
• Reconciling of monthly statements
• Dealing with sub contractor invoices
• Liaising with suppliers ref: payments, POs and invoices
• Overseeing Fleet & Fuel cards
• Weekly reporting for senior management team/external customers
• Ensuring the upkeep and accuracy of financial spreadsheets
• Month end journal preparation & posting
• Month end reporting
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Reporting of weekly and monthly costs

Key Skills / Qualifications

• Holds effective conversations with others. Provides clear communication, establishes parameters, and monitors performance over time. Shows a willingness in all areas.
• Displays engagement with all colleagues in the branch team to drive productivity, growth and profit improvement, participate in regular 1:1s with to review individual performance against objectives, KPIs and personal development goals.
• Demonstrates ability to play an active role in driving positive employee engagement across the team, developing and driving action against the branch's local engagement action plan
• Ability to drive margin improvements within the branch through the active management and coaching of all work areas and leading by example with key business knowledge.
• Supports and challenges, whilst positively influencing levels of motivation and self-esteem. Empowers others to perform at their best and creates learning and development opportunities.
• Results focused with a passion for succeeding. Willing to take tough decisions, drive for stretch goals and inspire and challenge.
• Confidence with a drive to challenge and develop the performance to the next level.
• A collaborative working style to ensure strong and collegiate relationships exist within other business functions - which will be a key to the success of our matrix organisation
• Demonstrates a desire to work closely with suppliers to understand and address the needs and continually provide high levels of service. Consistently delivers on commitments, taking personal responsibility to ensure customer satisfaction is always achieved

Technical Skills / Qualifications

• AAT desirable/qualified by experience
• Transactional finance experience

The Company

Rubix UK has a commitment to doing things differently for our colleagues and customers.

Today, Rubix Group is the clear market leader with a presence in 23 markets and sales of €3.15bn in 2023. Our customers include some of the biggest names in manufacturing, the SMEs that form the backbone of industry and everything in-between.

More than a mover of boxes, we use our specialist knowledge and technical expertise to deliver products and services that keep production lines moving.

Right now, across Europe there are 9,000 of us and counting. We've disrupted and we have grown, but we're not finished yet.

Working at Rubix

Benefits

• Holiday Purchase
• Wellbeing
• Learning & Development
• Enhanced Family Benefits
• Retirement Support
• Cycle to Work