Assistant Accountant - Maternity Cover

Sytner Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive group in Birmingham is seeking an Assistant Accountant for maternity cover. The role involves supporting the accounts department and assisting with month-end tasks while ensuring deadlines are met. Candidates should have prior accounting experience and knowledge of the CDK/Kerridge system. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package including enhanced holiday entitlement and a focus on career development.

Benefits

Enhanced Holiday Entitlement – 33 days

Industry-leading Maternity and Paternity Pay

Career Development

Discounted Gym memberships

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in accounting is required.
• Ability to work under strict deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support daily functions of the accounts department.
• Assist with month-end tasks.
• Perform ad-hoc duties as required.

Skills

Accounting routines

Knowledge of CDK/Kerridge system

Microsoft Office

Job description

About The Role

Porsche Solihull has a fantastic opportunity available for an Assistant Accountant - Maternity Cover to join their team.

As a Porsche Assistant Accountant, you will support the day-to-day functions of the accounts department and work closely with the Dealership Accountant to ensure month-end tasks are completed within strict deadlines.

You will also assist the Dealership Accountant and Management team in other ad-hoc duties where required.

Porsche Assistant Accountants work a variety of flexible patterns between Mondays – Fridays; however, this sometimes can include weekends to ensure we provide our customers with the highest possible levels of service.

About You

Previous experience and a good working knowledge of all accounting routines, including stock checks and month-end reconciliations, are essential. Knowledge of the CDK/Kerridge Dealer Management system and Microsoft Office is also required.

Ideally, you will be enthusiastic, well-organised, diligent, and able to work to strict deadlines whilst paying attention to detail and working both as an individual and as part of a small team.

When applying for this role, please consider that we require candidates to have experience within an accounting role as a minimum requirement.

Why Sytner?

Sytner Group is delighted to provide an industry-leading benefits package.

We are passionate about continuous improvement and building an environment where everyone feels valued, appreciated, and able to reach their full potential.

• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement – 33 days inc. bank holidays
• Industry-leading Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay
• Career Development
• Recognition of Long Service every 5 years
• Discounted Car Schemes
• High Street Discounts
• Discounted Gym memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• One day a year paid voluntary/community work

At Sytner, our values and the way we behave are important to us. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, supporting our colleagues to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We are committed to creating an equitable environment and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, and/or belief.

As part of our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, you have the right to ask for changes/adjustments to job interviews and the recruitment process.

For more information around reasonable adjustments and the recruitment process, please click here.

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We represent over 23 of the world's most prestigious vehicle brands across our 140 UK dealerships.

We pride ourselves on ‘Developing Talent and Building Careers,’ and our colleagues recently scored Sytner Group an outstanding 89% on our colleague engagement survey.

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Location

Porsche Centre Solihull

Highlands Road, Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom, B90 4GT