Industrial 12 month Placement - Accounts Assistant Rochdale, England
Job description
Are you an Undergraduate student looking for a 12-month Placement in a Finance role?
- Location: Wireless CCTV Head Office in Rochdale
- Salary: Up to £21,200 per year
- Rapidly growing private equity-backed company with proven career progression opportunities
- Full continuous training and development provided.
Company:
Wireless CCTV (WCCTV) was founded in 2001 and is established as the market leader for rapidly deployable mobile surveillance systems. We strive to maintain this by ensuring our core values of Quality, Innovation and Customer First are the focus of everything we do.
In 2021, the Private Equity Firm LDC, made a substantial investment in WCCTV. This investment is allowing us to rapidly scale and grow in the UK and establish a larger presence and explore new opportunities within the US.
In addition to this investment, we were also recently named the overall winner on the top 100 Profit Track, “Ones to Watch” list in the UK.
We firmly believe our employees are our strongest asset, and for that reason, we are dedicated to supporting their professional and personal development.
We have a strong track record of developing placement students into permanent employees post-university. This is a key question to ask prospective employers. Amongst other senior managers who have progressed through the business, our CFO was once a placement student.
Purpose of Role:
To support WCCTV’s Finance department, ensuring that Customer and Supplier communication is accurate and timely, whilst always adopting a Customer First attitude.
What’s on offer:
- Starting salary of up to £21,200
- 23 days annual leave entitlement, increasing with length of service from your second year
- Continuous learning and development, coaching and support from leaders
- Simply Health and Denplan schemes
- Departmental social events once a quarter
- Company events throughout the year
Why Join:
The Company has an amazing culture for ambitious individuals with a proven history of career development for placement students.
Learning and development: We actively encourage questions! Ask away and you’ll benefit from the knowledge of your peers and leaders who are all committed to your success.
Support: Teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. You’ll be surrounded by like-minded professionals who have shared goals and ambitions.
Growth: As the Company has grown, so have our people. Our unprecedented growth has brought multiple opportunities for promotion, with over a quarter of people being promoted in the last 12 months.
Culture: We have a lively and vibrant culture with an emphasis on getting the job done whilst having fun.
Key Duties:
Billing & Credit Control
- Raise all UK Managed Services (rental) invoices.
- Support in raising UK managed service (rental) credit notes.
- Carry out Credit Checks for new and existing Customers.
- Support in the chasing of Customer Debts.
Purchase Ledger and expenses
- Support with Statement Reconciliations.
- Assist in posting Employee Expense Journals.
- Assist in the collation and checking of employee credit card expenses.
- Support in managing Petty Cash.
Reporting
- Production and distribution of the global daily bank balances email to the prescribed mailing list.
- Daily update of the Cash Flow forecast.
- Produce Competitor Analysis for Management Review.
Management/Financial Accounting
- Assist the Management Accountant in the reporting and analysing of business overhead spend.
- Assist in the completion of Balance Sheet reconciliations.
- Assist with the creation of the Year end Audit File.
WCCTV is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from a broad range of backgrounds.
