Elite Glazing and Installation LTD, located in Ilford, is a professional, agile, and collaborative small business. Our work environment offers a modern office setting with growth opportunities.
Working with us entails a relaxed and lively atmosphere, along with various growth opportunities. As an employee, your responsibilities will include sales invoicing, purchase invoices, credit control, expenses, processing subcontractor timesheets and payments, weekly bank reconciliation, VAT and CIS returns. Additionally, you may assist with management accounts, including accruals and journals, when possible.
To succeed in this role, you'll need construction industry experience and excellent communication skills to interact with individuals at different levels within the organization. Strong organizational and Excel skills are also required. Familiarity with CIS and VAT, as well as previous experience with Quick Books Online and Money Soft, is advantageous.
You will report daily/weekly on accounts progress to the operations director, identifying and mitigating any financial losses. Handling all HMRC matters in the UK is part of your responsibility. Weekly reporting on forecasting, budgeting, and overall cost control plan is also expected. Regular communication with clients, Quantity Surveyors, Office Managers, and Project Managers ensures the overall success of projects.
Other duties include ensuring goals and deliverables are met, maintaining up-to-date and complete paperwork, preparing status/progress reports for the client and operations director, leading accounts meetings, updating the risk log, and informing the operations director of key milestones. You may also be assigned additional appropriate responsibilities as a Senior Bookkeeper/Accountant.
Your proactive approach will involve identifying ways to improve efficiency and workmanship quality, fostering a productive working environment. Professional behavior in the office at all times, including conduct, is expected.
Specific tasks encompass checking and processing invoices, statements, and reconciliation for the Purchase Ledger; credit control, order administration, invoicing, and customer payments for the Sales Ledger; and bank account and VAT reconciliation for Banking. You will also manage petty cash, credit cards, and expenses. Assisting the Financial Controller, you'll be involved in quarterly VAT returns, monthly CIS returns, monthly management accounts, quarterly reporting, budgeting, and cash flow forecasting. All other finance and administrative works will also be part of your role.
This is a full-time position with a salary range of £30,000.00-£32,000.00 per year. We offer casual dress, company events, a company pension, and on-site parking. The work schedule is Monday to Friday.
Applicants must have accounting and bookkeeping experience, preferably with knowledge of LTD and the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS). Reliability in commuting to or willingness to relocate to Ilford is required.About us
Elite Glazing and installation LTD is a small business in Ilford. We are professional, agile and collaborative.
Our work environment includes:

• Modern office setting
• Growth opportunities

What would working with us be like:

• Relaxed atmosphere.
• Lively atmosphere.
• Growth opportunities.
• Employee will be tasked with sales invoicing, purchase invoices, credit control, expenses, processing subcontractor timesheet and payments, weekly bank reconciliation, VAT and CIS returns. You will also be assisting with the management accounts including accruals and journals when possible. What you'll need to succeed In order to be successful in this role you will have Construction Industry experience and excellent communication skills to be able to speak to various levels within the business. Strong organisation skills and excel skill is also needed. You will have knowledge in CIS and VAT as well as previous Quick Books Online and Money Soft experience.
• Daily/weekly reporting to operations director on accounts progress.
• Identifying and mitigating any financial losses.
• Dealing with all HMRC matters in UK.
• Weekly reporting to operations director on forecasting, budgeting, and overall cost control plan.
• Regular liaison with client to enhance working relationship and ensure good relationship is maintained.
• Regular liaison/communication with Quantity Surveyor, Office Manager, Project manager to ensure overall successfulness of the project.
• Ensure the goals and deliverables are met.
• Ensure all the paperwork is fully up to date and complete.
• Prepare overall status/progress reports and update the client and operations director weekly.
• Arranging and leading accounts meetings weekly.
• Amend and update risk log as necessary and keep the operations director in the loop.
• Report directly to operations director on key milestones as soon as such milestones have been achieved.
• Any other responsibilities which may be deemed appropriate in capacity as Senior Bookkeeper/Accountant.
• Proactively identify ways to improve efficiency/workmanship quality and maintaining a productive working environment.
• Uphold and maintain a professional behaviour in office at all times including conducts.
• Purchase Ledger - Checking, processing invoices, statements & reconciliation.
• Sales Ledger -Credit Control, administering orders, invoicing, and customer payments.
• Banking - Bank account and VAT reconciliation.
• Manage petty cash, credit cards, and expenses.
• VAT Quarterly VAT returns - assisting the Financial Controller.
• Monthly CIS returns and chasing for outstanding documentation.
• Monthly management accounts, quarterly reporting.
• Budget & Forecast of cash flow - assisting the Financial Controller.
• All accounts/finance administrative works but no limit to.

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £30,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Ilford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person