Liberty has an exciting opportunity for an Accounts Assistant to join our team, based in Salford, Greater Manchester. You will be working on a full-time, permanent basis, working 40 hours per week and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £25,000 - £26,000 per annum Plus Full Study Support offered Plus Excellent Benefits!
We are a specialist repairs and maintenance service provider to public, domestic and commercial clients across the UK. Established in 1969, Liberty offers professional responsive repairs services, gas installation, maintenance and servicing, as well as energy solutions, electrical installations and property building services.
The strength of our organisation lies in the quality of the people we work with. We're proud to employ the most talented, driven individuals within the property services sector.
Responsibilities for the Accounts Assistant role are:
Assist the Accountants and within Repairs and Maintenance preparing monthly management accounts with supporting contract costing analysis
Provide month end support including:
Being involved in the production of monthly management reports
Prepare contract costing analysis
Balance sheet reconciliations
Journal entries
Assist with yearend processes
Deal with information requests from auditors
Prepare statutory accounts
Commercial review support
Provide support to the Accountant and wider operations team, with insight into numbers provided
Work closely with the transactional finance team to ensure accurate processing of revenue and costs
Be capable of working within a multi-disciplined team
Work proactively to help address any queries from both internal and external stakeholders
Support the transactional finance team with accurate processing support
What we are looking for in our ideal Accounts Assistant:
Strong administrative & IT skills required including v-lookups and pivot tables. Ability to operate a computerised database system/s is beneficial. Good working knowledge on how to use MS Excel spreadsheets essential. Experience in working with Microsoft Office software (Excel, Outlook, Word, and Access). Ability to work to deadlines and strong communication skills. Experience gained within a social housing environment is beneficial.
We offer a range of benefits for a rewarding career including though not limited to:
- Full Study Support
- Pension scheme
- 23 days Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Liberty Sense Awards – employees are nominated by colleagues for living the Liberty values, those who win receive a high street voucher
- YuLife, includes:
- Life Insurance/Death in service benefit – 2x annual salary value
- Smart Health (including round the clock access to 24/7 UK-based GPs)
- Best Doctors to provide a second opinion on complex cases or diagnosis
- Mental Health Support, 4-6 sessions with a psychologist or psychotherapist
- Online Health Check
- Nutrition consultations
- Online fitness program
- YuMatter+ Employee Assistance Programme designed to support mental, financial & professional wellbeing including up to 5 confidential sessions with a counsellor
- Free will writing
- Reward scheme for healthy behaviors to earn YuCoin which can be redeemed on the app for vouchers/rewards.
- Exclusive membership and wellbeing product discounts
- Medicash Health Cash Plan (optional to register, P11D tax value approx £11.60 per year however allows claims for up to £996 per year) includes:
- Claiming eligible cash back on dental or optical treatments, specialist consultations, tests or scans
- Discounted gym membership
- Savings on cinema tickets, travel, holidays & retail
In addition to the above, at Liberty we look to invest in the up-skilling and development of our employees, ensuring competency and compliance to industry standards, in turn we will look to offer additional training where appropriate to give you the skills you need to deliver the service required.
Liberty strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where we can ALL be ourselves. We commit to achieving equal opportunities in employment for all suitably qualified candidates, through upholding our values of Passion, Openness, Respect and Trust, underpinned by Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement.
Please note, only candidates who have the right to work in the UK will be considered for this vacancy.
As part of our recruitment process all employees need to be vetted and undertake pre-employment checks. For this role you may need to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check, previously Criminal Records Bureau, prior to or upon commencing employment with Liberty.
If you have the desire to work in a busy and high performing team, why not join us as our Accounts Assistant, click "apply" below – we want to hear from you!
Closing date for applications is the 28th August 2024 (we do however reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier depending on number of applications received) .