Accountant

Job Introduction

Prestige Nursing & Care, part of the Sodexo Group, has provided home care for over 75 years and we have 35 local offices in England and Scotland. Our aim is to lead the care industry by providing high quality, personalised and specialist services to our clients. 

We want to make life better for more people. If you are as passionate about quality as we are and you want a role where your skills will make a real difference, this is a great opportunity.  You can help us to grow and develop in an exciting business that puts people front and centre of everything we do.

As part of the Finance Team you’ll be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, accruals, prepayments, cashflow and will line manage the purchase ledger clerk.

We are looking for a dynamic and independent professional with solid financial accounting experience and a flexible, can-do attitude to join us as an Accountant.

We offer a supportive working environment with lots of potential for learning and development and a friendly, agile and flexible working culture.

Reporting to Chief Accountant your role will include:

The role of Accountant is to deliver smooth and timely month end close, inspiring confidence from key stakeholder and promoting a right first-time culture. You will ensure the financial accounts are accurate with processes that are supported by robust internal controls. This is a hands-on role that will support all aspects of the finance function that requires a dedicated finance professional who is capable of working under pressure.

The success of this role will be measured by;

• Accurate financial reporting
• Ability to present financial information to non-finance staff
• Building effective working relationships across the business
• Team player
• Attention to detail with a right first-time attitude
• Ability to coach and develop purchase ledger clerk
• Improving and automating processes

The role is mainly office based with minimal travel required

If you feel you have the skills and expertise for this role and would like to find out more please apply on line to start your journey with Prestige Nursing & Care.

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Role Responsibility

The main duties of the role will include:

• Purchase ledger
• Cashflow
• Expense reporting and payments
• HMRC submissions
• Nominal ledger maintenance
• Payroll reconciliations
• Accruals and Prepayments
• Fleet management
• Support with external audit queries and tax queries

The general duties of the role will include:

• Occasionally support with the day-to-day responsibilities of the team when required
• Be a champion for internal customer service
• Do any other reasonable things your manager needs you to do

The Ideal Candidate

Key skills and attributes that we are looking for:

• Strong financial accounting experience
• Team player
• Ability to build relationships
• Cashflow experience
• A commitment to equal opportunities and diversity
• Symmetry between personal and organisational values
• Demonstrates the behaviours associated with Prestige Nursing & Care’s values

Package Description

What we offer in return:

• A competitive salary
• 28 days annual leave increasing every year by 1 to the maximum of 33 days over 5 years service
• Work Place Pension
• Employee assistance programme (EAP) - confidential phone line and online support and resources available to you and your loved ones 24/7
• Supportive working environment with ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• A friendly, agile and flexible working culture.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing & Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process