Accounts Assistant

Location: Reigate, Surrey

ABL 1 Touch was established in 1994 and is a private equity backed vehicle repair business renown as a leader in its field. Working in partnership with insurance companies to deliver high quality repair services to their customers and with sites spread across the UK. We’ve got plans for continued growth and are looking to grow our teams as a result. 

We’re looking for a self motivated and enthusiastic individual, in the early stages of their accounting career or keen to get into the profession. You will be a key member of the finance team and have a varied role with lots of opportunity to learn. You will bring strong organisational skills as well high levels of attention to detail and will support the finance team with accurate and timely completion of finance activities.

What you will be doing:

·         Supplier Ledgers – authorising and posting purchase invoices

·         Reconciliation with supplier statement

·         Arranging monthly payment runs, support by remittance slips

·         Managing supplier ledgers making sure there are no old outstanding items

·         Liaising with suppliers and internal team members, responding to queries as required

What skills and experience do you need to be successful:

If you’ve got some previous experience in payables or an understanding of basic bookkeeping that is beneficial. Otherwise, it’s all about you – you’ll have:

·         Really good organisation skills to manage a varied and busy workload

·         Strong communication skills, with confidence to talk to external and internal stakeholders

·         Attention to detail and pride to make sure your work is accurate and of high quality

·         Desire to learn by taking on new tasks with a can do attitude

·         Experience of being part of a team, with a willingness to help out and achieve as a team

·         Strong sense of ethics and values, high levels of personal integrity 

·      A good technical aptitude to work with and learn new systems coupled with basic to intermediate excel skills