Role Overview:
As a result of sustained growth and the departure of a retiring part-time team member, Custom Labels Ltd is now seeking a full-time Head of Accounts. Role responsibilities will be tailored to meet the experience levels of the successful candidate but will include a range of bookkeeping and accounting duties, such as maintaining the accuracy of our Sage accounting system, sales and purchase ledger, VAT, and Payroll.
The successful candidate will be an incredibly important part of our team, being the go-to expert on financial matters in the firm. Your views will carry significant weight, and you will report directly to our MD and owner. This role will certainly involve a substantial degree of process-driven accounts work - but as our firm grows, we would also expect your role to develop in seniority as additional resources are added, which may then involve managing reports. Study support could also be available for the right candidate wishing to develop their accounting skills.
If you would like to be part of a growing and innovative business that cares for its team and its local community, we would like to hear from you.
About Custom Labels:
Custom Labels Ltd is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of Asset Labels, Graphics Overlays, Equipment Labels, and Tags. Our core focus is on the production of high-quality durable labels, which can involve the processing of complex variable data for our clients (such as barcode or QR codes). We sell to customers across the UK and worldwide.
We were first established in 1997 and have grown significantly in capability ever since. Over the last 6-7 years alone, our business has doubled in size, as we have professionalized and won clients who choose to return to us. We now serve a vast range of customers, including SME businesses across all industries, as well as NHS, Schools, and Universities. We also work with some of the largest and most recognizable companies in the world. Although we are a small team of 15, we pack a mighty punch in terms of expertise and team spirit.
Quality standards are key to our approach, and we have developed processes to get customer orders right the first time, rather than prioritizing a high-volume, next-day, lower quality culture. We support this in a number of ways: by valuing our team and teamwork, by taking exceptional pride in our work, by doing the right - rather than easy - thing, and by valuing technical expertise. We also hold both ISO9001 and ISO14001 quality certifications, helping us address our environmental performance and meet customer needs (our Reviews.io rating is 4.8*). That said, our attention to working well is a journey rather than a destination, and we are continually seeking to incrementally improve and value team member input highly.
Responsibilities:
* Sales ledger – raising invoices, credit control, chasing settlement, taking payments for invoices and pro-forma invoices, posting payments to Sage
* Purchase ledger – posting purchase invoices, verifying amounts, payments, new supplier registration
* Payroll processing and payment
* VAT return submission and payment
* Daily bank reconciliation
* Accruals/prepayments
* Year-end Sage procedures
* General office administration, including answering phones, managing illness records, and holiday admin
* Assisting in the preparation of financial reports
* Order process checks and balances
* Customer/Supplier queries
* Matching delivery notes
* Developing/implementing controls
* Liaising with external accountants
Your Experience:
We are open to the right candidate and welcome a variety of experience levels: including accountancy qualified, part qualified, or qualified by experience. We would be open to providing study support for the right candidate wishing to develop their accounting skills. Prior experience of working on company accounts and/or within an accounts team would be valuable, as would working with Sage.
You will have a high attention to detail with great organizational skills. You will need to be, or become, proficient with Microsoft (Excel, Outlook), and able to learn new IT systems (such as our in-house ERP system called Label Traxx, and payroll software).
Above all, you’ll be a great person to work with; willing to help others out, willing to own mistakes (which we can all make), and willing to ask for help. We’re a relatively small team, and every person is important.
Pay: Subject to experience/current competency levels.
Job Type: Full-Time, 5 days per week Monday to Friday. We have an early finish on Fridays.
Location: The role is based full-time at our office at Woodlands Court Business Park, Bridgwater.
Benefits:
* Discretionary bonus scheme
* Company pension contributions
* Cycle to work scheme
* Free parking on site
* Potential accountancy study support
Experience:
* Accounting / bookkeeping: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 24/11/2024
Reference ID: HOA24
Expected start date: 01/12/2024
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