Accounts Assistant

ABode Chester; Chester; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

ABode Chester is seeking an Accounts Assistant for maternity cover starting August 2025, focused on ensuring smooth finance operations. You will manage invoicing and financial records while being part of a supportive team in a vibrant hotel environment.

Benefits

Competitive pay including service charge

Retail and hospitality perks through Perkbox

Discounts across family of hotels

Free meals during work hours

Employee Assistance Programme

Development pathways for career growth

Milestone awards for long service

Qualifications

• Experienced with digital systems and IT.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.
• Good communication and administration skills required.

Responsibilities

• Processing and paying invoices, and maintaining financial records.
• Consolidating and reconciling banking for the hotels.
• Assisting in accounting processes and ensuring compliance.

Skills

Attention to detail

Digital systems competence

Good administration

Communication skills

Tools

Great Plains

Microsoft Outlook

Excel

Job description

An opportunity to join our family where work is a pleasure.

Location:With unparalleled views of England's oldest working racecourse, the contemporary 85-bedroom ABode Chester is located in the heart of the city and has a modern, stylish and sophisticated design, making it a joy to work in.

SERVICE CHARGE-We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel-every penny received is paid out to the team.

Send us a Whatsapp message with FAMILYFIRST to [phone] to find out more, chat to us and apply (or apply the normal way, whichever works best for you!)

Come and join our team as an Accounts Assistant (maternity cover, for 13 months, starting August 2025) and let your passion and personality shine.

Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other.

Reporting to and working very closely with the Regional Financial Controller- this role is key to making sure the finance function runs smoothly and efficiently at the hotels in your remit.

What core things you will be doing:

• Processing, reconciling and paying invoices for the property, using our purchasing and accounting digital systems
• Update financial information on Great Plains (our accounting system)
• Assist in putting in place accounting and control processes and procedures at the hotel
• Ensure
  that all financial records are kept, maintained and update
• Consolidate,
  check and reconcile all banking for the hotels
• Update ledgers and chase for outstanding payments when needed
• Review
  accounts ensuring credit limits are not exceeded.
• Ensure
  bills are posted to the correct account

What you will need:

• To be good with numbers and have great attention to detail
• Competent with digital systems and IT
• have experience with Microsoft Outlook, and ideally have good Excel skills
• Be comfortable working both on your own and as part of a wider team
• Good administration and communication skills

To say thank you, we have many perks :

• Competitive pay – We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive a rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
• Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
• Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group & your friends and family get special rates too.
• We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require about anything you might need as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
• We sustain you physically too, meals when you are on duty are free.
• To be the best version of yourself, we encourage our teams to be curious . Everyone can learn and develop - our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.
• We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.
• We like to say a special thank you for every year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.

About our family of hotels

We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable.

Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.

We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900-year-old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station – to see the whole group, take a look herewww.brownswordhotels.co.uk

If you're the type of person that likes to learn and share the wisdom , get in touch

Send us a Whatsapp message with FAMILYFIRST to [phone] to find out more, chat to us and apply (or apply the normal way, whichever works best for you!)

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Created on 25/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom