Assistant Accountant - Wakefield
Location: Leeds, LS15 (with hybrid working after completion of training)
Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 per annum DOE, plus extensive benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Employment type: Full time
Working hours: 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday 08:30 – 17:00
Do you want to work for the nation’s largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We’re a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years’ experience, helping over 1.4 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery.
In this busy role you will work closely with the Assistant Management Accountant and Management Accountant to maintain an accurate, complete, and well-organised purchase ledger.
What’s in it for you?
Occupational sick pay
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Contributory pension
Discounted insurance (Aviva)
Employee discount site
Discounted gyms (via our blue light card and benefits schemes)
Employee assistance programme
In-house mental health support
Free onsite parking
Health and wellbeing initiatives
Social events throughout the year
Cycle to work scheme
Green car scheme*(subject to minimum earnings)
Registration fees paid (GPhC, NMC, CIPD etc)
Long service bonus
Refer a friend bonus
Blue light card
Hybrid working
Commitment to CPD/training
25 days annual leave increasing with service
Annual leave buy and sell scheme
Discounts & Exclusive offers at The Springs, Leeds
25% Discount & health & beauty purchases
25% Discount on Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor Services
What you’ll be doing?
Prepare stock reporting for the operations team to highlight stock adjustments and movements so that any errors can be identified and corrected in a timely mannerLiaise with warehouse teams and suppliers to resolve any invoicing queries and discrepancies
Assist the team with reporting on stock purchases and purchase prices to report into the purchasing team, ensuring that we are being charged correctly
Develop processes & procedures, formalise the existing processes into process & procedure documents
Suggest and develop processes to improve the efficiency of the team – specific to job role
Ensure all stock supplier statements are reconciled to the purchase ledger
Ensure that the supplier credits due spreadsheet is maintained accurately
Reconcile goods received not invoiced to identify any missing/unmatched stock invoices and work with the purchase ledger team to ensure these are posted and/or matched to the GRN (Goods received notes) as required
Who are we looking for?
Have a degree in a relevant subject – Accounting, Finance, Maths or Business or be actively studying for an Accountancy Qualification (AAT, ACCA, CIMA, ACA)GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English Grade C or above
Ability to use Excel at an intermediate level
Ability to prioritise and organise tasks and workload
Display high level of accuracy
Demonstrate drive, initiative and proactivity in role
Proven ability to work both as part of a bigger team and individually
What happens next?
Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.
Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.
All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.
Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.
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