Accounts Assistant

**Accounts Assistant
Hayes, UB3
£24,000 pa, pro-rata**
**Motor Retail Group
Full-time, permanent
Mon-Fri 8:30am to 5:30pm**

**Renault Retail Groupseeks an Accounts Assistant to join our Regional Accounts Team. This will be based in Hayes (UB3).**

**This role will be a 6-month contract to cover maternity and holidays.**

Officially entitled 'Regional Accounts Assistant’, this role is a unique opportunity for you as an accounts professional to join a blue-chip organisation operating retail dealerships and workshops on behalf of world-renowned motoring brands such as Renault,Dacia and Alpine.

Working in a team of other Accounts Assistants and supported by a number of Dealership Accountants, your remit will cover a portfolio of commercial ledgers and journals belonging to specific branches in London.

This will be a varied role, with responsibilities including maintaining various operational reports, balance sheets, collation of departmental monthly accounts, sales ledger and sales reconciliations, cash collection, a payment run and assisting dealershipaccountants with ad hoc analyses and audits. ADP Autoline Kerridge / Keyloop Drive experience is desirable, but not essential as full training will be provided.

We are looking for a helpful and enthusiastic personality and someone that is a team player and willing to learn new skills. Once we see that the accuracy and completeness of your core duties has been mastered, we will be able to delegate more complex dutiesand occasional project work, which benefits the business while also providing you with valuable commercial accounting experience in a fast-moving and exciting sector.

**Essential**
- Current experience as an Accounts Assistant, Junior Accountant, Assistant Accountant, bookkeeper or Purchase Ledger
- Confident and professional telephone manner
- Strong attention to detail and organisation skills
- Rapid and accurate data entry (to be tested at interview level)
- _Intermediate to advanced skills_ in MS Excel, _which will also be tested at interview_.
- Experience in handling finance / accounting systems

**Desirable**
- Local to the Hayes area or within 40 minutes commute time
- An existing qualification in accounts, such as AAT
- Specific experience in handling _any_ of the following accounting systems: ADP Autoline (Kerridge), CDK Drive, SAP, or Sage

**This role will be a full-time role on a 6-month contract operating** **Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:30pm, with one hour for lunch (total 40 hours per week).**

**In return we offer a basic salary of £24,000 per annum, pro-rata for the duration of the contract.**

Beyond the initial fixed term, should the new incumbent be successful during this contract, we will also examine options for either a contract extension or the offer of a similar permanent role based on Renault Retail Group’s business needs at the time.

Fringe benefits include 24 days annual leave plus the bank holidays, pension and employee discounts on our products and services.

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**Strictly no agencies please.**

**PLEASE NOTE: due to the high number of responses received, regretfully we are only able to respond to applicants with relevant experience / qualifications.**
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