Assistant Accountant

Salary:

Competitive + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Assistant Accountant - Aberdeen (AB12 3QA) - William Wilson

So, who are we? We are William Wilson, a part of the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.  

Also, did we mention? In addition to the competitive salary, there are also benefits on tap – including...

Annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, enhanced maternity / adoption leave and access to a great range of online and high street discounts.   

We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more.

As anAccountsAssistantbased inAberdeen,you’ll be responsible for: 

• Supporting 23 William Wilson branches across Scotland

• Assist the Management Accountant & Finance Manager with weekly, monthly & ad-hoc reporting requirements

• Processing branch banking and resolving any resulting queries

• Coding & processing direct debits, standing orders & online payments

• Preparation of bank reconciliations

• Petty cash management

• Recording of online payments and customer cheques received

• Preparation of weekly and monthly reports for management

• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations

• Maintenance of sundry sales ledger

This is a Full Time permanent position working 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday 08.00am - 4.30pm with 1/2 hour lunch break.

And here’s what we’d like you to have:

• Prior finance experience is preferred

• Ability to prioritise competing demands on time

• Experience of working to deadlines

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

• Strong Excel skills

• Flexibility – willing to learn a wide range of department procedures

We look forward to receiving your application!