Accounts Manager
· £35,000 per annum
· Location- Ringwood (main office), New Milton,
· Permanent, full-time
· Hybrid considered after induction period
Full job description
Accounts Manager | Ringwood based (some travelling to other sites on occasion)
If you're a hands-on finance professional who's ready to take real ownership of a function, this is a role where your effort genuinely matters. No politics, no complex bureaucracy — just a close-knit team where you're trusted to get on with things.
As an Accounts Manager, you will benefit from:
- Hybrid working after induction
- A small, family-run business where your contribution is visible and valued
- Working in an industry and business that makes a genuine difference to people’s lives
- A varied and autonomous role covering the full accounts and payroll functions under the direction of our Management Accountant
- Supporting business expansion through your efficiencies and digital streamlining efforts
- Approachable and supportive senior management
- Long-term stability with a well-established employer
As an Accounts Manager, your responsibilities will include:
- Preparing monthly management accounts to trial balance, including journals, accruals, and prepayments
- Managing day-to-day banking, cashflow forecasting, and the invoice financing facility
- Overseeing sales and purchase ledger, credit control, and VAT return submissions for multiple subsidiaries to the business.
- Running monthly payroll via Sage 50 and managing pension and HMRC submissions and other Payroll related activities
- Reviewing and improving accounting and payroll processes to streamline and promote best practice
- Answering telephone and email queries within the finance function of the business across multiple sites.
- Working directly with the Management Accountant to facilitate accurate reporting capabilities and ensure financial health of the business and its subsidiaries.
As an Accounts Manager, your experience will include:
- Proven experience in a similar standalone or senior finance role
- Confident working with Xero for ledger management, journals, and reconciliations
- Experience managing payroll, using Sage 50
- Solid understanding of credit control, VAT compliance, and cashflow management
- Experience in the Care Sector is advantageous
- AAT / equivalent experience
Skills & qualities required:
- Excellent customer service and telephone manner
- IT savvy, with intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel working with Pivot tables, SumIFs, VLookups desirable
- Great team player
- Professional manner and appearance
- Dedicated to providing an excellent service to both our clients and staff
Essential requirements:
- Must be willing to work in Ringwood with travel to other sites occasionally
- Must have the Right to work in the UK as no sponsorship is available for this role
Must be happy to work full-time with 60/40 WFH possible
Pay: £34,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
