Accounts Assistant

Wates leads with a clear vision and strategic focus. We are single minded in our passion for delivering on our promises. This extends from the safer, more efficient buildings we create for our customers and the communities we serve, to our approach to sustainability, through to the way we look after our people.

Our Business

Wates Group Services provides strategic and operational support to all the Wates businesses. The main functional areas include HR and Learning and Development, Safety and Environment, Finance, I.T, Marketing and Communications, Legal, Commercial and Procurement. In addition, support is provided to the Wates family owners of the Group through the Family Office.

The Role

A vacancy has arisen for an Accounts Assistant working for Group Services. The successful candidate will be responsible for the accountabilities shown below along with ad hoc duties within the team. The role reports to the Transactions Supervisor:

• Producing weekly Subcontractor and Supplier payment runs for all Wates Group & SES
• Producing manual bacs, cheques and priority payments
• Transacting intercompany payments
• Raising Sales Invoices (holiday/sickness cover & month end extra resource)
• Daily checking of CIS payment reports
• Processing VAT and CIS adjustments
• DRC corrections, adjustments, and queries
• Processing Retention releases
• Allocating refunds & unallocated cash
• Query resolution
• Maintain various mailboxes to ensure all emails are updated in a timely manner

Skills and Capabilities

This role requires good skills and experience of:

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to use initiative and be proactive
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Ability to organise and prioritise daily workflow
• Ability to follow strict processes
• Good attention to detail
• Ability to multitask
• Open to learning new tasks and developing
• No specific qualifications are required for this role

Key Skills

• Basic understanding of CIS would be an advantage
• Basic understanding of DRC would be an advantage
• Basic understanding of Vat would be an advantage
• Ability to reconcile complex accounts
• Ability to confidently communicate with people at all levels

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks. 

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting 

Our commitments:  

Wates is proud to be an employer where anyone can thrive, and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.  We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement, as we value transferable skills and assess all applications fairly.

We don't discriminate based on a criminal record; all applications are reviewed on an individual basis against the requirements of the role. Some roles may require additional checks, due to the nature of the work.  As a Disability Confident Leader, we offer an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role and opt in to the Disability Confident scheme.  Reasonable adjustments are available, please contact us at recruitment@wates.co.uk