Location: Orsett Monday to Friday
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: Competitive (DOE)
Key Responsibilities / Role Purpose
Reporting to the Accounts Manager, the role is one of a team of Accounts Administrators responsible for data entry into the Group’s accounting systems, primarily purchase ledger entry, but also covering sales, cash book and subcontractor data entry, and maintaining standing data. Each Accounts Administrator will be allocated a number of accounts to deal with as their primary responsibility but will also be expected to assist others within the team as directed by their Line Manager.
The Group is transitioning to a new ERP system (COINS), and a key requirement for this role is prior experience of COINS to assist in the transition and successful role out of the system.
Required Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications
Required:
1. Demonstrable hands-on experience of working with COINS, including workflows
2. Accuracy and attention to detail
3. IT literate (ERP systems, Excel, etc), including data import
4. Experience of processing purchase ledger and cash book transactions, including invoice matching and scheduling invoices for payment.
5. Query resolution, including liaising with other internal functions and third parties as appropriate.
6. Experience of maintaining standing data
Desired:
7. Experience in completing bank account reconciliations.
8. Experience in completing debtor and creditor account reconciliations, including investigating differences.
9. Experience of processing sales ledger and subcontractor transactions
10. Familiarity with VAT and CIS requirements, including subcontractor verification.
Personal Attributes
11. Team player
12. Good oral and written communication skills
13. Self starter with strong time management skills
14. Excellent people skills, able to deal with all situations with tact and diplomacy.
15. Ability to build strong working relationships within the Finance team and across functions.
Performance Indicators
16. Volume and accuracy of data processed
17. Successful query resolution
18. Timely and accurate performance of reconciliations and follow up of differences.
Company Background
The Joseph Gallagher Group is a family owned Civil Engineering business that delivers expertise whilst putting client satisfaction at the core of the business. Built on a personal reputation for honesty and quality, we understand the actions we take affect the communities and environments we operate in.
LIFE Culture
We're promoting a culture change within the industry and demonstrating initiatives to dramatically improve Health, Safety and Wellbeing. In 2014, we launched our award-winning cultural safety programme (LIFE) which is deeply embedded into the company’s DNA and core values.
Disability Confident Committed
We are a disability confident employer and we're committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. All individuals will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation.
Reasonable Adjustments
We want to make our recruitment processes accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you to enable you to be the best you can, please contact the HR team at HR@josephgallagher.co.uk.