Accounts Assistant

2 weeks ago


Reigate, United Kingdom Tesco Bank Full time

**General information**:

Job Title
Accounts Assistant
Ref #
8252
Location
Reigate
Department
Accounts
Business Area
Accounts
Working time
Full-Time
Date Published
27-02-2023

**Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.**:
**You’ll bring the ambition, we’ll provide the opportunities**

At Tesco our purpose is to help our customers, communities and the planet a little better every day. And at Tesco Bank we aim to give our customers smarter money helps, for everyday life, building on the foundations that have made Tesco a truly great British brand - and a success worldwide.

Bringing that success to the financial services industry means attracting the finest talent to our senior and specialist roles, creating a backbone of excellence for our business - and offering professionals like you the chance to make a wide-ranging and long-lasting impact in a business that’s breathing new life into the industry.

**This is an exciting opportunity to join us as an Accounts Assistant, within the Finance Department at Tesco Underwriting.**

Working as part of the Finance team, the primary focus of the role is to ensure timely & accurate Accounts Payable entries, including invoices, credit notes, payment runs and reconciliations. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining positive working relationships with key partners and stakeholders. These include Tesco Bank and colleagues across the company

**Location**

This is a hybrid-based role that will work from our Reigate Office - expectations would be for you to attend the office once per week.

**Hours of Work**

Monday - Thursday: 9am - 5pm

Friday: 9am - 4.45pm

**The Account Assistant’s main responsibilities will be**:

- Input invoices accurately onto the accounts payable system, ensuring that invoices have been coded correctly and approved in line with delegated authorities and that suppliers are paid in accordance with terms of credit. Dealing with suppliers’ queries.
- Supplier payments are made accurately and timely in line with payment terms.
- Ensure payment runs are prepared in accordance with approved authorisations and signed in accordance with agreed mandates.
- Reconcile daily and monthly bank reconciliations, dealing with queries as required.
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including Cashiers, Claims, and approvers.
- Provide cover for team when required i.e. holidays
- Produce relevant balance sheet reconciliations, month end processes and posting journals.

**Experience and skills that are essential to be an Accounts Assistant in our Finance Team**:

- Preferably hold or be working towards a recognised financial qualification, e.g. AAT or equivalent qualification / experience
- Previous experience of working in a accounting function, ideally within the financial services sector
- Ability to work with minimum supervision
- Numerate; able to perform accounting/financial reconciliations identifying data errors.
- High levels of computer literacy, previous experience of using Excel, Crystal or other reporting tool.
- High degree of accuracy; demonstrates a significant level of attention to detail.
- Ability to build and maintain positive relationships and build rapport across all levels of the organisation.
- Able to communicate effectively; avoiding financial jargon and acronyms as appropriate.
- Good planning skills; able to prioritise own work to meet agreed schedules and accounting deadlines.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco Bank where everyone truly fells able to be themselves. At Tesco Bank, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings to enable us to help our shoppers manage their money a little better every day. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities.

We also know the importance of balancing work with life's other commitments. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we'll explore what's possible.

Wherever your talent lies, you’ll find challenge and reward in equal measure. We’re here to go the extra mile for our customers - and we’ll do the same for you. It’s simple. As long as you have the ambition, we’ll provide the opportunity for success

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We value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger to achieve our goals.

**Why Tesco Bank?**:

We’re also a little obsessed with the future. Your future. Our future. That’s why we take development seriously; we want to help you thrive and evolve in your career. Tesco Bank is a place to get on, all colleagues have access to LinkedIn Learning and Abstract, from day one.

It’s important to us that we make sure you’re supported by your team and colleague networks every day, celebrating when it matters and helping you to be the best version of yourself. The people make Tesco B


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