Accounts Manager

Trial Balance; Okehampton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Trial Balance Consulting has been exclusively engaged by a rapidly developing retail-focused business near Okehampton to recruit an experienced Accounts Manager. The role is permanent and can be full or part time, based at the company’s rural headquarters close to Okehampton.

Reporting to the Director of Finance, you will prepare management information, lead accounts payable, handle bank reconciliations, VAT reporting, and costing analysis with support from a friendly team.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing monthly management accounts and commentary.
• Lead responsibility for accounts payable and supplier payments.
• Strong Excel data manipulation and general IT skills.
• Experience with SAGE or XERO desirable.
• AAT qualification or equivalent (QBE) considered.

Responsibilities

• Assist in monthly management accounts and provide commentary to the Finance Director.
• Lead accounts payable function.
• Manage supplier payment runs.
• Bank reconciliations.
• VAT reporting.
• Financial and project costing analysis.
• Assist in year-end accounting preparation.
• Collate payroll details for outsourced provider.

Skills

Excel data manipulation

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

AAT qualification

Tools

SAGE

XERO

Job description

Accounts Manager -Nr. Okehampton - £24-28,000 - full or part time

Trial Balance Consulting have been exclusively engaged by an interesting and quite unique client, a rapidly developing retail focussed business that is poised for continued expansion.

The company seeks to recruit an experienced Accounts Manager to join the small but mightyteam.

The position is permanent and can either be full or part time, based at the company's rural headquarters located close to Okehampton.

Reporting to a highly experienced Director of Finance this will be a broad role ideally suited to a candidate who enjoys preparing management information.

Key responsibilities to include:

• Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts and offer ongoing commentary to Director of Finance on changes and developments
• Assume lead responsibility for accounts payable function
• Manage supplier payment runs
• Bank reconciliations
• VAT reporting
• Financial and project costing analysis
• Assist in year-end accounting preparation and procedures
• Collate payroll detail for outsourced provider

For this role we seek an experienced candidate with a decent understand of Excel data manipulation. Candidates may be either part/fully AAT qualified or consider themselves to be QBE. Good all-round IT experience essential with some exposure to SAGE or XERO based systems highly desirable. The role works as part of a fun, energetic and friendly head office team where team-work forms an important element of each employees' duties, so great inter-person skills a must!