Accounts Assistant - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Pilot Group

The Pilot Group

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

**The Pilot Group

Accounts Assistant**Today's world runs on critical infrastructure and technology. Pilot Group are dedicated to improving people's lives and the environment. We lead the way in SMART, SAFE and SUSTAINABLE infrastructure solutions. With combined experience over 5 decades spanning across electronics, electrical, heating and lighting markets, we pride ourselves in working in partnership with organisations worldwide to deliver integrated technology to improve working environments and transport systems.

As the business continues to grow we are looking for an individual to join the business for a fixed term of 12 months.

Main Duties/Responsibilities Accounts Assistant:

Report on Group costs as part of month end analysis and ongoing drive to implement cost savings.
Support the month end reporting process and manage reporting packs, ensuring all data has been updated.
Update weekly operational cash flow for Group and support in cash forecasting process.
Assist with the annual audit process to deal with audit requests and queries in a timely manner.
Maintain group purchase ledgers, providing support to the purchase ledger team where required.
Set up supplier accounts in line with group policy ensuring supplier information is up to date
Process invoices ensuring all pricing and supplier information is up to date and accurate for all suppliers
Process supplier payments and deal with remittances, journals to post payments.
Processing of weekly payment runs.
Liaise with Sales / Operations / Purchasing where any payment invoice issues affect supply
Assist credit control team by allocating receipts and approving new customer accounts
Bank reconciliations for some of the Group companies.
Ad hoc tasks as required by senior Finance team and wider business requirements.

Profile Accounts Assistant**;

Excellent organisational skills
Confident Excel / Sage user
Drive and ambition with a cando attitude
Excellent communication skills and the ability to maintain professional relationships at all levels
Excellent attention to detail

Location:

Accounts Assistant: Head Office, Manchester (Short walk from Manchester Victoria train station)

Commutable from:
Manchester, Greater Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Warrington, Widnes, Runcorn, Preston, St Helens, Altrincham, Stockport, Bury, Bolton, Leigh, Wigan, Wilmslow

Culture
The Pilot Group are a blue-sky thinking, entrepreneurial, family-run, small to medium enterprise with big ambitions. No job too small, no task too big, our teams help and support each other across our sectors.

Our employees are a collaborative, inclusive team that lead the way in the development of smart, safe, and sustainable technologies.

Our company values its greatest asset - the people it employs. Be part of the solution with Pilot Group.

Benefits

Healthshield
Healthcare, Dental, Optical
Life Assurance (after 3 months) 4 x annual salary
25 days holiday P.A plus bank holidays

Recruitment Agencies
The Pilot Group operates a strict PSL and will not accept any unsolicited CVs sent to any member, employee, representative or business unit of the Pilot Group