Accounts Assistant

Vertu Motors plc; Lichfield; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Rewards platform discounts

Preferential service rates

Colleague Purchase Scheme

Share Incentive Scheme

Pension

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity

Job summary

Vertu Vauxhall Lichfield is hiring an Accounts Assistant to support the dealership's accounting functions. You will assist with sales and purchase ledgers, invoices, and monthly accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance across daily banking and cashflow processes.

Applicants should have an accounting background or be working towards relevant qualifications, with strong Excel and MS Office skills, and a keen eye for detail.

Qualifications

• Accurate with strong attention to detail and numerical data.
• Experience in accounts is preferred; motor industry experience advantageous.
• Proficiency with Excel and MS Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Assist sales ledger and purchase ledger duties; check and file invoices.
• Handle purchase enquiries and statements; support monthly management accounts.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and daily banking/cashflow activities.
• Support credit control and perform ad-hoc accounting tasks as needed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excel proficiency

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Customer focus

Education

Accounting background preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Vertu Vauxhall Lichfield

Due to continued business growth, we are looking for an Accounts Assistant to join our team here at Vertu Vauxhall Lichfield. If you would like to become part of one of the largest Motor Retailers within the UK, then this could be the ideal opportunity for you.

We are offering up to £24,784.50 basic salary, depending on experience, plus an excellent range of Company benefits.

Hours of work: Monday to Friday 9am - 5:30pm ,1 hour lunch (can be flexible with the hours)

The main purpose of this role is to assist with the seamless operation of the accounting and financial procedures within the dealership. In particular assisting with sales ledger and purchase ledger duties such as checking invoices, filing invoices and statements as well as dealing with purchase enquiries. Other duties include assistance in production on monthly management accounts, balance street reconciliations, daily banking's and cashflow, credit control, as well as ad-hoc duties that come up within the accounting functions.

We are looking for the following attributes:

• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
• A background in accounts is preferred but not essential (experience within the motor industry would be advantageous)
• If no experience, it would be ideal for the candidate to be working towards the required qualifications
• Experience using Excel and other Microsoft Packages
• Organisational Skills
• Communications Skills
• Customer Focus
• Teamwork and Co-operations

We are proud to be the Motor Retailer who invests more in our colleague's personal development than any other, so if you are successful, you can look forward to on-going training opportunities that provide you with the right career path, career progression and a range of benefits you would expect from an employer of choice which includes:

• 25 days holiday rising with length of service plus bank holidays
• Access to our online rewards platform giving you cash back and discounts for multiple retailers
• Preferential Service Rates
• Colleague Purchase Scheme
• Share Incentive Scheme
• Pension
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity

If your application is successful, we will need you to complete employment checks prior to starting with us. For this role, these can include us verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and criminal record check.