Accounts Assistant - Purchase Ledger - Milton Keynes

Accounts Assistant – Brayleys Cars Milton Keynes

Brayleys Cars Ltd are recruiting an accounts assistant to join their central accounting hub based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.  This team provide accounting and transactional support to our dealer network throughout London, Essex, The Home Counties and The Thames Valley.

A summary of the key candidate requirements:

• Ideally, experience within the retail automotive environment
• Competent IT skills, with a good knowledge of Excel and preferably CDK Drive or Rev8.35 Dealer Management System
• Experience of working in a robust, well controlled financial environment with multiple outlets
• Ability to prioritise workloads in an efficient and effective manner, delivering results in a timely fashion, with the ability to work on own initiative
• High Level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both financial and non- financial staff
• Flexible approach to working hours in line with the needs of the business

The Role

The role will include the following key tasks / responsibilities:

• Maintain the online email capture, scanning and registering of circa., 500 purchase invoices weekly into the Keyloop Drive system, by being part of the overall PL team and being allocated a range of Supplier accounts/retail sites to process
• Daily downloading of invoices / credit notes from vehicle manufacturer systems
• Matching invoices to electronic Goods Received Notes for payment approval
• Reviewing and progressing internal purchase invoice approvals
• Coding approved purchase invoices into the general ledger
• Dealing with supplier queries and liaising with internal departments to resolve issues
• Produce Monthly Supplier statement reconciliations for a range of Supplier accounts
• PL Month End Processes for a range of Supplier accounts/retail sites – ensuring all payments have been allocated, all documentation processed, accounts reconciled, and the PL agrees to the general ledger

Other

• To perform any other tasks as reasonably requested by the Divisional Accountant/ Senior Accounts Assistant.
• This job specification describes (but does not limit) the key duties and responsibilities of the job. These are subject to variation by the company as necessary to respond to changes, both

Why Brayleys?

Brayleys are a multi-award-winning company with strong values that put our people and customers at the heart of everything we do.  Benefits available to our team in addition to generous salary packages include:

• An un-capped bonus scheme with very high earning potential
• Minimum of 29 days holiday per year, increasing to 33 days with length of service rewards
• State of the art showroom facilities
• Preferential rates on new and used vehicles, parts purchases and servicing across all our franchises.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to a brand-new car through the Brayleys Employee Car Scheme
• Brayleys Employee Benefits programme giving access to discounts across highstreet and on-line retailers
• Life Insurance
• Group Contributory pension scheme
• Career development opportunities and career progression
• In-house and manufacturer training
• Enhanced maternity & paternity leave after a qualifying period
• £500 colleague referral bonus
• Annual Christmas party for you and your partner
• Independently recognised and certified as A Great Place to Work 2023
• Independently recoginsed as one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Employee Wellbeing 2023

If this sounds like you, please submit your application today to be considered for this exciting opportunity.