Company Systems Accountant & Credit Controller
About Us
The company focuses on a wide range of Facilities Management services, employing 60 engineers largely working at airports and railway services. The company is a rapidly expanding profitable company with a current turnover of approximately £12 million. The role is based in Langrish, Petersfield. On 1st January 2027 the company will be moving over to a new operating system which will have a number of beneficial effects throughout the business.
Finance Function
The Barden FM finance function comprises:
Finance Manager – responsible for the Finance function of the Company, reporting to the Managing Director.
Supporting this role there are a number of staff:
- Cash & Subsidiary Accountant
- Payroll Accountant
- Purchase Ledger Accountant
- Systems Accountant & Credit Controller
Responsibilities:
The main job functions of the Systems Accountant & Credit Controller are:
Main Focus
The main focus of the role is to spot systems issues by performing a variety of different tasks, coming up with ideas to improve and helping to implement.
The individual will have a wide variety of tasks to perform. These should be performed in a way to identify how improvements can be made to the existing systems. The company uses Clik (to be replaced by Big Change) and Sage 50. The company has made significant changes to the way it operates in the last year with the introduction of BACS, migratingpayroll, changing the bank, initial audit, preparation of consolidated accounts and introduction of a Microsoft Access reporting layer. However, there will be a number of other changes identified already with the move to BigChange.
These include:
- Removal of expenses system and credit cards to be replaced by BigChange system.
- Introduction of geo-sighting of jobs to improve time reporting.
- Introduction of AI reading of purchase invoices d. Automatic sending out of credit control reminders and statements through AI
- Changes to the Access database for reporting.
- Move to 1 instance of Sage 50 rather than many to improve control and efficiency The job holder will assist in these changes working closely with the Finance Manager.
Primary responsibility
Our existing credit controller is leaving the business imminently. The job holder will assume these responsibilities. However, whilst AI is expected to be able to send out routine statements and chasers eventually the real credit control work will look beyond the outstanding debt and identify why the invoice has not been paid on time and suggest improvements to the existing systems.
Supporting the other members of the team
As the current team take holiday (4 staff including the Finance Manager) take their holidays there will be a need to provide cover. This will then require someone to have a good understanding of the business and the accounting processes used. Cover should be provided with a questioning attitude to provide ideas for improvement.
Personal attributes:
- Previous experience of working in a SME
- Strong experience in identifying practical areas for change and implementing them.
- AAT qualified and someone with an interest to progress.
- Good knowledge of Sage 50.
- Strong Excel skills
- Personality to fit into a small accounts office.
- An understanding of double entry bookkeeping
Please send CV's too [email protected]
Pay: £36,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
