Accounts Assistant
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Temporary - 3 Months Fixed Term
Salary: £20,577 per annum
Location: Hybrid Working
The Society is recruiting for an Accounts Assistant on a 3 month fixed term contract to join our Finance and Accounting Team at the West Brom. The job holder will provide administrative support to the accounting control team. Provide support to the branch network and contact centre relating to any customer queries regarding the Incoming Bacs, Faster Payment, CHAPS files and Prepare daily and monthly reconciliations to agreed timescales.
Key Responsibilities:
- Reconcile, investigate and correct the Bacs and Faster Payment rejections daily.
- Process Daily CHAPS files and apply payments onto investment and mortgage accounts.
- Daily operational use of Barclays, HSBC and Citibank.
- Prepare accurate accounting records for Society and subsidiaries adhering to audit regulations and guidelines
- Process unpaid cheques requests.
- Completing various administrative tasks such as action and distribute post to the Finance team.
- Deliver a good level of customer service when answering incoming calls regarding payments, cheques or branch cash delivery/collection and general queries.
Skills & Attributes:
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills due to the varying work volume.
- Proficiency in Microsoft excel and word.
- Ability to work individually as well as part of a team
- Conscientious and strong attention to detail.
- Possess excellent communication skills.
- Knowledge of UFSS investment products and screens.
We wholeheartedly believe that our people are our greatest asset, that’s why in addition to your salary you will be rewarded with a wide range of other benefits:
- Generous annual leave starting at 25 days + 8 bank holidays, (pro rata)
- Pension scheme where we will augment your contribution by 0.6% (Up to 10.6%)
- Corporate health plan with the option to include family members
- Life assurance
- Enhanced maternity and adoption pay
- Social club membership – dozens of discounts available for a wide variety of family days out and events
At the West Brom you’ll have every opportunity to take the next step and keep moving: we’re well known for providing excellent development support and always promote from within wherever possible.
Inspired by the Society’s Vision and Values, it’s not just what we do but how we treat our colleagues and customers that makes the people at the West Brom really stand out from our competitors.
At the West Brom we appreciate that our employees are unique individuals with differing needs depending on their specific circumstances and stages in life. When we say our people are the West Brom’s biggest asset that doesn’t mean just viewing them as employees. We also recognise they have a life outside work, one that has responsibilities and rewards which the Society respects and supports in ways that aim to bring the best out of them. If you are interested in applying for a role with us and have a need for flexibility within your working schedule please discuss this with our recruitment team when making an application as wherever possible we’ll be open to a flexible working pattern.
*Please note – We reserve the right to withdraw our adverts earlier than the original published expiry date, therefore if you are interested please submit your application as soon as possible*
Head Office: 2 Providence Place West Bromwich B70 8AF. www.westbrom.co.uk The West Brom is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Register no. 104877. ‘the West Brom’ is a trading name of West Bromwich Building Society.
