Accounts Manager & Office Administrator
M&E Specialist Contractor
Petts Wood, Kent
£40k - £55k DOE
Immediate Start
Looking for a role where your Sage super-powers and love of smooth-running offices actually shape the success of projects?
Exceptional opening to join a trusted client of mine, a £6 million-turnover Mechanical & Electrical contractor delivering everything from data cabling to district heating across the capital and Home Counties as their new Office & Accounts Manager at their Orpington HQ, Monday to Friday.
(Hours flexible dependent on candidate circumstances)
The Opportunity:
You ll own the full finance cycle in Sage raising and posting all purchase and sales invoices, reconciling multi-bank accounts, and producing crisp monthly management reports that keep our £25k £2.2m projects on track.
At the same time, you ll captain day-to-day office operations for a friendly team, making sure supplies, systems, payroll and the odd project celebration all run without a hitch.
What You ll Do:
* Control the numbers end-to-end Sage processing, bank feeds and reconciliations, supplier statement matching and VAT returns.
* Own month-end journals, P&L, cash-flow snapshots, plus prep for year-end and external accountants.
* Keep the office humming manage everything from stationery to subcontractor onboarding, supervise a small admin assistant and act as first point of contact for visitors and calls.
* Support HR & payroll collate timesheets, liaise with outsourced payroll and maintain HR files.
* Be their Sage champion train colleagues on best practice and help exploit every Sage module.
What You ll Bring:
* Fluent Sage skills with proven bank-rec and report-generation wizardry.
* Solid bookkeeping/management-accounts experience (construction or M&E a bonus).
* Natural organiser who can juggle invoices, suppliers and stationery orders without breaking a sweat.
* Confident communicator you ll liaise daily with engineers, directors and blue-chip clients.
Why Them?
* Big-impact projects, small-company feel help power landmark builds while working one-to-one with directors who still know everyone s name.
* Stability & growth 20+ years trading, repeat clients and memberships of BESA, ECA, Gas Safe and more.
* Competitive package starting from £40k - £55k (depending on experience in accounts, construction etc) plus holiday, pension and free parking.
* On-site golden retriever meet-and-greets (seriously, the directors bring the office dog in on Fridays!).
Feel this is for you?
Come and be the backbone of an M&E business that keeps the South-East switched on I look forward to hearing from you! APPLY NOW! #J-18808-Ljbffr