Senior Accounts Assistant

  • Gateley
  • Bolton, Lancashire
  • Dec 17, 2022
Full time Accounting

Job Description

Job Title Senior Accounts Assistant

Closing Date 13-Mar-2023

Position Full Time

Business Entity Gateley Vinden

Department Gateley Vinden

Location Bolton - United Kingdom

Job Type Experienced Hire

Description

The Team

Gateley Vinden is an ISO 9001 Quality Assured company and we take pride in meeting and exceeding the levels of quality such registration promotes. We have been operating in the property and construction marketplace for over 25 years.

The Role

Sales ledger
Responsible for the raising of all sales invoices and associated credit notes, as well as sending invoices to clients.
Correcting errors, when necessary, in the posting of bank receipts.
Setting up new client accounts
Purchase ledger
Responsible for managing the purchase ledger including posting all invoices, ensuring the correct VAT treatment, paying suppliers when due.
Maintaining client job numbering system
Setting up all new job numbers, including checking credit rating and carrying out a conflict check when necessary.
Cash and bank
Posting all bank payment and non-sales receipts. Reconciling the bank on a weekly basis
Health and safety
Testing of the fire alarm on a weekly basis, ensuring fire safety equipment is in place, and emergency lighting is operational.
Prepayments
Maintaining a schedule of prepayments and posting the movement on a monthly basis
Fixed assets and depreciation
Maintaining the fixed asset register and posting the depreciation charge each month.
Subscriptions
Payment of professional subscriptions for staff
VAT
Ensure all expenditure is treated correctly for VAT purposes.
Expenses and credit cards
Reviewing and collating staff expense claims on a monthly basis and posting the cost to the accounts. Collating information in respect of the company credit cards, ensuring all expenditure is valid and posting the expenditure to the accounts.
Motor insurance
Ensuring the motor insurance is kept up to date in respect of the company car fleet of 7 cars

Key Skills

Detailed working knowledge of SAGE 50 accounts
Good knowledge of Microsoft excel and other Microsoft packages
Able to work using own initiative and learn new systems
Comfortable working in a small close-knit team
Attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Diversity, inclusion and well being

We are a Responsible Business and diversity, inclusion and well-being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values.

We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.

We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.

We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.

Additional Information

If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.