Transactional Team Leader FTC

Job Description

Company backgroundSuperbike factory was founded in 2010 and today via its principal brands of SuperbikeFactory.co.uk, Wewantyourmotorbike.com, Webuyanybike.com and Superbike Loans, is the largest retailer of used motor bikes in Europe.Superbikes is a digital first business offering the only true end to end online consumer experience in the sector. Sales turnover has grown rapidly year on year by over 40%, and is expected to continue. Employing over 300 people currently; we now have fivesitesincluding a master production site in Macclesfield, and a retail experience site at the iconic Donington Race track; with an additional siteplanned in the South in the Spring of 2023 taking it to six.Backed by one of the most successful private equity houses in Europe, this is an exciting time to join an organisation at the start of a transformational period of growth.Fixed Term Contract- 12 MonthsRole backgroundReporting in to the Assistant Management Accountant, the role holder will primarily be responsible for handling the day to day financial transactions within the company, looking after the Accounts Executive team. The role will be based at our head officein Macclesfield with some limited travel to sites around the UK. This is an exciting role in a fast-paced company; enabling excellent career progression for the right individual.Key Responsibilities

• Predominantly working within the Accounts Executive (transactional) team to help with day to day tasks (both payable and receivables sides)
• Manage the transactional team
• Ensure accounts mailboxes are being addressed in a timely manner
• Assisting with implementation of any process improvements
• Assist the Management Accountant and Financial Controllers with ad-hoc tasks as and when they arise
• Perform daily bank reconciliations including but not limited to petty cash management and reconciliation to sage/cashbook and safe
• AP tasks include but are not limited to:
• Process supplier invoices in a timely manner
• Ensure invoices are coded correctly
• Perform regular reconciliations and ensure any issues are resolved
• Review weekly age creditors listing
• Ensure any payment on accounts are investigated and invoices are allocated correctly
• Ensure adherence to month end deadlines
• Prepare the weekly payment run and ensure payments are made to agreed supplier payment terms
• Ensuring credit cards are reconciled monthly, obtaining any missed invoices
• Create and verify new supplier accounts on the system
• Create new expense accounts and process any expenses on the weekly payment run
• Ensure daily bank imports are performed and any issues are resolved accordingly

AR tasks include but are not limited to:

• Timely monitoring of payments, receipts and bills
• Work directly with customers or clients, issuing invoices and receiving payments
• Compile financial reports and provide financial information to other staff
• Ensure daily bank imports are performed and any issues are resolved accordingly
• Daily monitoring of the accounts mailbox
• Record payments from clients
• Update statements with received transactions
• Make payment collection calls
• Ensure refunds are made in a timely manner and the refund registers are accurate
• Ensure the accuracy of accounting ledgers

Key attributes

• Experienced working in a high-volume Accounts Receivable and/or Accounts Payable team
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of attention to detail, excellent organisation skills and tenacious by nature
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Ability to analyse and solve problems
• Ability to communicate financial information in a simple, understandable format (written and verbally)
• Confident individual with a good work ethic
• Able to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
• Process driven, ability to challenge existing processes and implement improvements
• Proficient in working with spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of general accounting software

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