Senior Accounts Assistant - Bournemouth, United Kingdom - McCarthy Stone

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McCarthy and Stone are excited to recruit a new
Cash Team Leader within our busy, forward-thinking, Finance Department.


Hours: 37 per week


Salary:
Competitive, depending on experience and qualifications, plus bonus.

  • Excellent company benefits
  • Ongoing training and support to help you fulfil your potential
  • Working within a company that has been officially recognised as 'A Great Place to Work'
  • AN AMAZING TEAM
  • Experience working in a finance role preferably within a similar team, ideally at a Team Leader/Supervisory level, in a fastpaced, highvolume environment.
  • Excellent communication skills, when dealing with our customers to resolve their issues.
  • The ability to support and lead the team to achieve their individual and group targets and in turn the wider company ones.
  • Good working knowledge of Excel and finance systems.

Main role and responsibilities of a Cash Team Leader
include:

  • Acting as a first point of contact to the Cash team as their direct report
  • Prepare corporate and resales bank reconciliations to include monthly submission to deadline of Working day 1 to group
  • Oversee new development bank accounts process
  • Ensure that queries from both homeowners and internal customers are resolved on a timely basis.
  • Act as a key point of contact for both internal and external audit, ensuring compliance and implementing any audit points within the required timescale
  • Willingness to learn cross department tasks (specifically within the Billing and Credit
  • Control teams) to work together to ensure full coverage of duties in the wider team at all times.
  • Being responsible for reconciling the Cleardown Accounts and clearing off any historic items in a timely manner before ME/& predominantly YE such as Company
  • Escalate any risks and opportunities to the Operational Finance Manager
  • Actively and effectively liaising with the Management Accounts team prior to month end and during month end to ensure any unreconciling discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner, along with any items which need to be noted
  • Overseeing AUDDIS runs and the processing of refunds
A more detailed list of all the responsibilities is in the attached Job Description.


Skills and Experience required for a Cash Team Leader:

  • AAT qualified (or working towards) would be preferable.
  • High level attention to detail.
  • Strong organisation skills.
  • Excellent communication and professional mannerism.
  • Maintains a positive and 'can do' approach.
  • Flexible approach to working as required by business demands.
  • Goal focused with planning / organisational and delegation skills.
  • Able to stay calm under pressure.
  • Able to rapidly develop good working relationships, and work across organisational boundaries.
  • Operates with an approach of continuous improvement.
  • A thirst to resolve problems efficiently and effectively.

Why McCarthy Stone:


Being part of the McCarthy Stone family means being passionate about championing the role, wellbeing, and happiness of older people in society.

We aim to create a better understanding and appreciation of older people by playing our part in helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

From senior executive positions to front-line colleagues, we have a shared vision of creating a thriving retirement community, built with innovation and heart, that celebrates later life.


McCarthy Stone does not currently offer sponsorship.
We are only able to consider those that have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship.


Benefits:


  • Company pension
  • Life insurance
  • Matching gift scheme
  • Referral programme
  • Work from home

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

  • Bonus scheme

Experience:


  • Financial accounting: 3 years (preferred)
  • Auditing: 3 years (preferred)
  • Cash management: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 24/05/2024


Reference ID:
MCC1004747

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