Office Accounts Manager

A rare and exciting opportunity to join a successful business where you can create and develop your own role. We are looking for an Office Manager from an accounts environment, to work in this expanding accounts department within our client based in Westerham.

The role is split between 60% accounts work and 40% office management duties, you will be managing around 25 people, including accounts and sales and service personnel. You will report directly to the MD and will work closely with other managers in the business.

Job Description for the Office Manager:

Accounts:

• Supervise the accounts team and provide additional support where necessary, monitoring workload and output
• Manage purchase ledger, processing invoices
• Ensure the general ledger is accurate
• Manage escalation of customer queries and complaints
• To think outside the box to enable resolution of any issues in relation to invoice payments
• To consider any personal and business improvements
• Support in hitting team targets
• Work with the finance team to ensure the month end deadline is reached
• Support the company in maintaining financial performance

Office Manager:

• Ensure peak operations for the business and implement preventive measure for potential issues
• Implement policies and procedures, measure outcomes against standards, and improve operational flow
• Coordinate internal and external resources
• Respond to requests and questions about office operations
• Oversee day-to-day office activities as a main point of contact, and keep management informed regularly

Person Specification for the Office Manager:

• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, with the ability to converse at senior level
• Accounts experience in credit control and sales ledger essential
• Advanced Sage 50 or Sage 200 experience essential
• Excel knowledge essential
• Experience in office management essential
• Strong time-management and people skills, high degree of flexibility and excellent multitasking and organisational ability
• Proficiency with office applications, and aptitude for learning new software and systems
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of company information
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving approach to work
• The ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure
• Negotiation and relationship building skills
• Manage your workload and supervise others concurrently

Combine your good teamworking skills and confidence in leading and motivating a team in this interesting role that combines office management and a variety of accounts work.

Please apply now if this sounds like you!