Assistant Accountant

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team as Assistant Accountant working at our Leeds office.  

Salary: £25,000-£27,000 depending on experience

About the role

The Assistant Accountant role is to primarily manage the cash requirements of the business on a day-to-day basis, whilst providing support to the Finance Managers and Group Finance Director, and the rest of the team in the production of the management accounts.

Role responsibilities

Cash Flow:

• Updating daily actuals – (Group bank accounts)
• Updating the forecast based on discussions with Finance Team
• Cash planning to ensure cash is available at the required time
• Carry out intercompany bank transfers as required
• Prepare and review the schedule uploads, ensuring only the appropriate accounts are uploaded to the facility
• Requesting the drawdowns of cash from the facility to meet business needs
• Full monthly reconciliation completed in a timely manner
• Transfer receipts paid into wrong accounts in error
• Centrally manage the information requests for the bank's quarterly audits

 Facility Management:

• Prepare and review the schedule uploads, ensuring only the appropriate accounts are uploaded to the facility
• Requesting the drawdowns of cash from the facility to meet business needs
• Full monthly reconciliation completed in a timely manner
• Transfer receipts paid into wrong accounts in error
• Centrally manage the information requests for the bank's quarterly audits

Cash Management:

• Post all cash items from daily review of bank statements
• Daily reconciliation of cash book to bank statements

Management Accounts:

• Production of the Lexia entity management accounts
• Responsibility over the Fixed Asset Registers and Reconciliations
• Assistance in the preparation of the management accounts across the Group as required
• Study Support also offered

 About you

• AAT Level 3 or very early stages of CIMA/ACCA
• Confident and assertive with a 'can do' attitude
• Excellent communication skills with stakeholders at all levels
• Attention to detail
• Team player who encourages collaboration, welcomes challenges to achieve greater results
• Ability to adapt and respond well to change

 About us

Rhodar is a leading specialist enabling works provider. We specialise in a portfolio of services including Asbestos Removal, Demolition, Land Remediation, and Passive Fire Protection.

Supported by over 500 employees at 14 facilities nationwide, our highly trained teams are trusted by major corporations to offer a specialist enabling works solutions covering our core disciplines either individually or collectively across both public and private sectors.

The scale of our projects range from multi-million-pound regeneration works, combining our core specialisms, to domestic support for insurance clients and housing associations, which is conducted by our specialist Homeworks team.

 You can read more about the work we do at www.rhodar.co.uk.

 Rhodar Culture

At Rhodar we pride ourselves on our culture, In Pursuit of Excellence (IPOE) is our cultural programme and it permeates everything we do. Our Values are:

• Teamwork
• Positivity
• Quality
• Responsibility
• Professionalism
• Leadership
• Integrity

Every 18 months we hold a conference which brings together employees from across the country. During the day we share business developments, divisional updates and present staff awards based on our values. 

Why Rhodar?

• Part of an EOT (Employee-Owned Trust) with the potential to earn an annual bonus, based on profitability of the business
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) as standard, plus up to 5 additional days based on length of service
• Christmas shutdown (utilising annual leave & bank holidays)
• Annual pay review
• Company pension scheme with enhanced contributions
• Flexible start and finish times
• Free on-site parking
• Annual appraisal, including learning & development plan
• Excellent career progression and training opportunities
• Investors in People recognition – 2015, 2019 and 2022
• Access to an employee assistance programme, including counselling services, and mental health first aiders to support your health and wellbeing
• Opportunities to partake in volunteer work and charity events

 We are committed to being the leaders in our sector and ensure that we develop our employees to reach their full potential. If you are interested in joining an ambitious forward-thinking business with great opportunities for career development, we would love to hear from you.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to reply to each individual applicant. If you do not hear from us within four weeks, then unfortunately your application has not been successful.

We will keep your application on file for six months and we will consider you for future roles within the organisation during this time. Your information will be deleted after six-months. If you wish to be considered for roles after this point, then you will need to re-apply.

 Rhodar Industrial Services is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.