Office & Accounts Manager

Londinium Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a growing M&E contractor as their new Accounts Manager & Office Administrator. You'll handle the full finance cycle in Sage while ensuring smooth office operations. With a competitive salary and an interactive work environment that includes a friendly office dog on Fridays, this is an exceptional opportunity to be part of impactful projects while working closely with directors.

Benefits

Holiday and pension plan

Free parking

On-site golden retriever every Friday

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Sage with bank reconciliation and report generation.
• Solid bookkeeping/management accounts experience.
• Confident communicator able to liaise with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage full finance cycle in Sage, including invoices and reconciliations.
• Oversee office operations, supplies, and HR payroll processes.
• Train staff on Sage best practices and systems.

Skills

Sage skills

Bookkeeping

Organizational skills

Communication

Job description

Accounts Manager & Office Administrator
M&E Specialist Contractor
Petts Wood, Kent
GBP35k - GBP50k DOE
Immediate Start

Looking for a role where your Sage super-powers and love of smooth-running offices actually shape the success of projects?

Exceptional opening to join a trusted client of mine, a GBP6 million-turnover Mechanical & Electrical contractor delivering everything from data cabling to district heating across the capital and Home Counties as their new Office & Accounts Manager at their Orpington HQ, Monday to Friday.

(Hours flexible dependent on candidate circumstances)
The Opportunity:

You ll own the full finance cycle in Sage raising and posting all purchase and sales invoices, reconciling multi-bank accounts, and producing crisp monthly management reports that keep our GBP25k GBP2.2m projects on track.

At the same time, you ll captain day-to-day office operations for a friendly team, making sure supplies, systems, payroll and the odd project celebration all run without a hitch.

What You ll Do:

• Control the numbers end-to-end Sage processing, bank feeds and reconciliations, supplier statement matching and VAT returns.
• Own month-end journals, P&L, cash-flow snapshots, plus prep for year-end and external accountants.
• Keep the office humming manage everything from stationery to subcontractor onboarding, supervise a small admin assistant and act as first point of contact for visitors and calls.
• Support HR & payroll collate timesheets, liaise with outsourced payroll and maintain HR files.
• Be their Sage champion train colleagues on best practice and help exploit every Sage module.

What You ll Bring:

• Fluent Sage skills with proven bank-rec and report-generation wizardry.
• Solid bookkeeping/management-accounts experience (construction or M&E a bonus).
• Natural organiser who can juggle invoices, suppliers and stationery orders without breaking a sweat.
• Confident communicator you ll liaise daily with engineers, directors and blue-chip clients.

Why Them?

• Big-impact projects, small-company feel help power landmark builds while working one-to-one with directors who still know everyone s name.
• Stability & growth 20+ years trading, repeat clients and memberships of BESA, ECA, Gas Safe and more.
• Competitive package circa GBP35k GBP50k DOE, plus holiday, pension and free parking.
• On-site golden retriever meet-and-greets (seriously, the directors bring the office dog in on Fridays!).

Feel this is for you?

Come and be the backbone of an M&E business that keeps the South-East switched on I look forward to hearing from you! APPLY NOW!