Assistant Accountant - Maternity Cover

Land Rover; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive dealership in Solihull is seeking an experienced Assistant Accountant for maternity cover. You will support the accounts department and work closely with the Dealership Accountant to meet month-end deadlines. Candidates should have accounting experience, knowledge of dealer management systems, and be well-organized. The role offers an attractive benefits package including enhanced holidays and development opportunities.

Benefits

Enhanced Holiday Entitlement – 33 days including 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

Qualifications

• Experience in an accounting role is a minimum requirement.
• Well-organised, diligent, and able to work to strict deadlines.
• Attention to detail and ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day functions of the accounts department.
• Assist Dealership Accountant and Management team.
• Complete month-end tasks within strict deadlines.

Skills

Accounting routines knowledge

Stock checks

Month-end reconciliations

CDK/Kerridge Dealer Management 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 – Friday; 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 including 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.

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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.