Office & Accounts Manager

Londinium Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established Mechanical & Electrical contractor in Petts Wood is seeking an Accounts Manager & Office Administrator to manage the entire finance cycle in Sage and oversee daily office operations. The position offers a competitive salary of GBP40k - GBP55k based on experience, along with additional benefits such as holidays, pension, and a friendly working atmosphere with a dog-friendly policy.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Holiday

Pension

On-site parking

Office dog interaction

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Sage with bank reconciliation and report generation.
• Solid bookkeeping and management accounts experience, preferably in M&E.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full finance cycle in Sage, including invoicing and reconciliations.
• Oversee day-to-day office operations ensuring smooth workflow.
• Support HR and payroll functions, including timesheet management and liaising with outsourced payroll.

Skills

Sage proficiency

Bookkeeping experience

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Tools

Sage

Job description

Accounts Manager & Office Administrator
M&E Specialist Contractor
Petts Wood, Kent
GBP40k - GBP55k 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 starting from GBP40k - GBP55k (depending on experience in accounts, construction etc) 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!