Accounts Office Manager

Accounts Office Manager

Salary at £28k to £34k dependent on experience

Full-Time

Main activities:

1. Manage the accounts team.
2. Manage the day-to-day running of the accounts office.
3. Month-end closure and year-end, to deadlines.
4. VAT and CIS returns, to deadline.
5. Support colleagues in the business.
6. Manage the nominal (general) ledger.

Specific responsibilities:

• Manage the accounts team

• Enthuse and motivate the accounts team of three, including credit control and purchase ledger.
• Ensure each member of the accounts team understand the tasks required of them and completes them timely and accurately.
• Set KPI’s and undertake one-to-one appraisals.
• Recognise any training requirements and organise.

Manage the day to day running of the accounts office

• Ensure all routine transaction processing is performed timely and accurately.
• Daily: reconcile daily trade counter takings and a handwritten cash book.
• Weekly: reconcile credit card receipts.
• Monthly: reconcile cash book and bank accounts; prepare trial balance (including accruals and prepayments); post month-end journals to the finance system; prepare and file CIS returns.
• Quarterly: prepare and file VAT returns.

Car fleet

• Manage the fleet of company cars. Ensure all servicing is performed to the required manufacturer’s schedule. MOT’s are obtained when required. Track vehicle mileage so that excess mileage is minimised.

• Commercial Negotiations

• Negotiate the company’s utility supplies

Lines of authority:

This role will report to Directors

Hours, location and travel:

1. This role will require 38.5 hours per week – 8.30am to 5.15pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 5.00pm Friday. 1 hour for lunch.
2. The role will be located at the company’s offices in Hockley, Birmingham.

Please send CV and covering letter via email.