Accounts Assistant

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group; Taunton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance group in Taunton is seeking an Accounts Assistant to provide accounting support to their Finance Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for reconciling accounts and assisting with administrative tasks. Ideal candidates should have AAT Level 3 qualification and excellent communication skills. This is a permanent position offering a starting salary of £25,000 with numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Birthday off

Health and wellbeing benefits

Income protection and life assurance

Enhanced sick pay and parental leave

Paid time off for volunteering

Qualifications

• Confident in providing excellent client experience over the phone.
• Ability to work in a compliant and client-focused environment.
• Deadline driven and supportive of wider team goals.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile insurance company accounts and resolve queries.
• Assist with direct debit scheme administration.
• Process accounting entries accurately.

Skills

Building rapport over the telephone

Organised and resourceful

Attention to detail

Education

AAT Level 3 qualification

Tools

Accounting software

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Salary: Starting from £25,000.00 (depending on experience)

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Duration: Permanent

About the role

Lloyd & Whyte, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for an Accounts Assistant to join our Financeteam in their Taunton office.

The purpose of this role is to provide accounting support to the Finance Team, ensuring high levels of service are provided to our partners in support of the business strategy.

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing

• Reconciliation of insurance company accounts including liaising with insurers to reconcile queries
• Assisting with administration relating to external and in-house direct debit schemes
• Accurate processing of accounting entries into relevant systems
• Ensuring the Company accounting records are always up to date and appropriate escalation is taken
• Communicating with colleagues with a view to settling any queries on premium postings

What you'll need to have

• Confident and capable of building rapport over the telephone to provide an excellent client experience
• Ability to work in a regulated, compliant and client focused environment
• Organised, resourceful, deadline driven and supportive of the wider team
• Hold or working towards AAT Level 3 qualification
• IT literate

What makes you stand out

• Quality orientated with great attention to detail

What we offer

• 28days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Your birthday off
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, company cash plan, income protection and life assurance
• Enhanced sick pay and parental leave
• Support and funding toward study and professional qualifications
• Paid time off for volunteering

Lloyd & Whyte offer a range of specialist insurance services to a variety of clients. Our specialisms range from niche scheme insurance for Healthcare professionals to expert insurance for commercial motor vehicles and professional broker-to-broker insurance services. We also have a wide range of personal insurance services that cover homeowners from standard houses through to thatch & listed character properties and high value homes. The Lloyd & Whyte Group is split into five different client divisions which include multiple companies and brands.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating aninclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of usfeels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with arange of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interestsand we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applicationsfrom everyone.

If you need any additional support during therecruitment process, then please let us know.

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26