Job description
Accountant Milton Keynes & Aylesbury
The Role
We are seeking an Accountant to join Marshall Motor Group’s Volkswagen Division working from your week from Milton Keynes and our Volkswagen Aylesbury Dealership. You will work to support the dealership with day to day financial reporting and management. Offered on a full-time, permanent basis this role reports to our Franchise Financial Controller.
We can offer a fantastic range of benefits in an environment, that offers career development where you will be given autonomy, support and a platform to succeed. These include:
- 25 days annual leave (not including Bank Holidays) increasing with length of service
- Colleague referral fee up to £2,000
- Discounted Car Purchase Scheme & Colleague Car Benefit Offers
- Discounted Service / Parts / Bodyshop services
- Training and Continual Self-Development
- Free Eye Care Vouchers
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Employee wellbeing services
- Free life assurance equivalent to twice your salary
- Loyalty, Above & Beyond and Long Service Awards
- Discounted Shopping Portal
What does a typical day involve?
- Produce management accounts as required by the dealership leadership team
- Assist in forecasting activities for your assigned division
- Respond to queries from the dealership leadership team relating to financial and accounting matters
- Provide day to day leadership to a small team of accounts and administration professionals
- Liaise with divisional and group level accounting staff to ensure a consistent approach
What are the required skills and experience?
The successful candidate will be at least part-qualified or qualified by experience with experience ideally within an automotive dealership, however this is not essential. In addition to your previous experience you will demonstrate the following skills:
- Outstanding attention to detail and accuracy
- Aptitude for working independently and using own initiative.
- Willingness to learn.
- Leadership experience with the ability to motivate and influence others
- An analytical mindset
- A commitment to the Marshall Values of People, Customers, Integrity and Innovation
We operate 140 franchise dealerships representing 23 manufacturer car, van, truck and bike brands across 33 counties in England and Wales.
We are part of the Constellation Automotive Group which is the largest vertically integrated digital used car marketplace in Europe giving you peace of mind and transparency that you are dealing directly with a trusted company.