Accounts Assistant

**Role overview**

As a Trainee Accounts Assistant with Taylor Maxwell, you will assist the finance department in their daily tasks, aiding the team to meet the Companies' financial objectives.

You will be provided with internal training in all areas of the Finance Department, spending time with the Invoicing, Credit Control and Accounts teams. Alongside your on the job training, you will complete an Accounts / Finance Assistant Apprenticeship (Level 2) or Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship (Level 3), depending on your previous experience.

This is a permanent full time role, Monday to Friday. You will be based at Taylor Maxwell's Head Office in Clifton, Bristol.

**Responsibilities**

You will work across all the accounting functions learning and supporting:
**Accounts**

The role of Accounts is to ensure all cash and assets are reconciled, allocated and transferred to the correct area of the business. Ensuring stock purchase invoices and values are correct and entered on the system. Analysis and submission of financial data to the Group. Assisting the Company Accountant where necessary.

**Credit Control**

The role of Credit Control is to ensure the business is to protect the business by ensuring payments are collected and appropriate levels of credit and risk are managed whilst servicing our customer base. Ensure outstanding monies are paid on time, debts are fully insured under the credit insurance policy and overdue monies are promptly dealt with.

**Invoicing**

The role of Invoicing is to ensure that all the Companies bills are prepared to be paid on time and in full. Ensuring that any invoice queries are raised and resolved with suppliers in good time. You will generate sales invoices daily and liaise with Regional Offices to resolve any invoicing queries.

**Who are we looking for?**

**Essential criteria**
- This role requires:

- A good team-player, with ability to work as part of a team or with autonomy
- Excellent communications skills, written and verbal, to persuade customers to pay on time and liaise with internal teams
- Individual must be confident speaking on the phone. Due to the nature of this role, large portions of time will be spent on the phone speaking with customers and suppliers
- Attention to detail and able to work accuracy
- Excellent organisational skills
- This role also requires good computer skills
- Calm but confident manner
- Able to work to and achieve deadlines
- Ability to build good working relationships

These skills will be necessary to build positive relations with our internal and external customers.

**Desirable criteria**
- Office experience
- Experience in accounting, purchase ledger or credit control
- Knowledge of accountancy software
- Experience of using Microsoft Dynamics
- Knowledge financial regulations
- Experience of the Construction Industry

**Benefits**
- Annual company bonus scheme, up to 10% of basic salary
- 25 days’ holiday, increasing by 1 day every 2 years, up to a maximum of 30 days
- Annual leave purchase scheme - option to buy an additional 3 days’
- Employee Assistant Programme (EAP)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Office car parking
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- Life assurance
- Smart casual attire and dress down Fridays

**Who are we?**

Our people are at the core of everything we do and the reason we are able to deliver the highest quality service to our customers. Whether you’re looking for a first job, or taking the next step in your career, we offer many exciting roles across a variety of departments to help you realise your potential.

Taylor Maxwell have been providing timber and external facade products to the construction industry for over 60 years. We are a national business, with offices in key locations across the UK.

The majority of the products we supply are sourced from our manufacturing partners within the UK and Europe and are either held at stock sites or delivered directly to site.

The core range of products we offer includes bricks, construction timber, masonry, cladding systems and decking. Whether you are an architect, contractor, merchant or manufacturer, our teams can provide you with the information you need, whether it be pricing and availability or installation details.

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

Pay: £21,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 19/09/2024
Reference ID: TM-TMC-RAF261