Accounts Assistant

**Adlington Management Services - Accounts Assistant**

**About us**

Adlington Management Services (AMS) is an innovative specialist manager of high-quality retirement accommodation with care, typically comprising of multi-storey privately owned apartments. The company is part of the multi-award-winning developer Adlington Retirement Living.

Our integrated retirement communities offer retirement living in a safe and secure environment. We provide excellent facilities including stylish lounges, table service restaurants serving breakfast and lunch daily, coffee lounges, activities studios, cinemas, therapy suites, hairdressing salons and guest suites.

**About the role**

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Accounts Assistant to join our professional team. As a member of the Head Office Team, you will share responsibility for the effective functioning of the business in achieving its vision, values and strategic objectives.

**Principal responsibilities**:

- Assist setting up new Retirement community accounts system
- Communicating with our Retirement Communities teams to ensure that accounting protocol is being followed and answering any queries they may have
- Monitoring of timesheet system, including checking timesheets for team’s wages
- Raise sales invoices in a timely manner
- Posting receipts and ensuring that they are allocated against correct items
- Process purchase invoices, checking against monthly statements
- Acquiring copy invoices and quotes from suppliers
- Answering queries from Homeowners, suppliers and colleagues
- Producing and monitoring arrears lists, liaising with site teams to assist swift collection
- Assisting with year-end procedures and setting budgets
- Credit card reconciliations
- Working with the administrator coordinator for multiple tasks
- Following tasks to completion

The role is based at our Head Office in Congleton, Cheshire. The working hours for this role are 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday, with flexibility to work from home on Monday and Friday.

**About you**

As well as having excellent communication skills, you will be positive, self-motivated, influential, analytical, calm under pressure and able to display initiative.

It is essential that you have excellent IT skills and be comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-moving environment.

Be a highly motivated self-starter who can prioritise and manage their own time and enjoy working as part of a team.

Ideally you will have:

- AAT Accounting level 3 or 3 years equivalent experience
- Experience and understanding in service charges
- Understanding of budget setting
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
- Experience of using Qube property management system
- Good excel skills are a must

**The Package**

Our quality focused, family run businesses make significant investments in employees with ongoing success directly attributed to a strong emphasis on teamwork and open communication. Each member of the workforce is valued, and support is provided for career development.

You will benefit from:

- A salary up to £25,000 dependent on experience and qualifications
- 26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- 6% employer pension contributions
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance at 4 x annual salary
- Working in a new, purpose-built office
- Support from a professional head office team
- Flexible working, including working from home Monday and Friday
- A TOIL system
- Opportunity for training & progression

You will be employed on a permanent, full-time contract, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Flexibility will be required to meet business needs.

If you want to be part of our success story, send your CV and a covering letter addressed to Jemma Thompson, Administration Coordinator

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: Up to £25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company car
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Congleton, CW12 1LB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you have AAT Accounting level 3 or 3 years equivalent experience?
- Do you have experience of using Qube property management system?
- Do you have good excel skills?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Congleton, CW12 1LB

Reference ID: ACC-ASSIS