CWD Accounts Team Manager

Fixed Term Contract – 12 Months

Part Time – 24 hours per week

Work pattern is negotiable

Competitive salary plus pension and benefits

We have an exciting opportunity at our Central Warehouse and Distribution Centre in Eastbourne for an experienced and forward-thinking Accounts Team Manager to cover a period of maternity leave.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of an experienced team of Administrators, ensuring they collaborate and work together, holding regular team briefings to ensure the team are aware of and focussed on daily requirements ensuring the highest standards are maintained for our customers to deliver the Company objective to be the ‘Decorators’ First Choice’

You will have excellent people management and leadership skills and will be accountable for the way the team works, ensuring consistency of approach and a smooth running operation, planning the distribution of tasks and ensuring all records are up to date. You will have experience of using software designed for processing and recording invoices (our inhouse system is OnBase) and the confidence to use and learn new software for processing and analysing data.

Based on Maple Road off Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne, our CWD Centre has been supporting the operation of our online business for almost 20 years. With access to over 11,000 different wallcoverings as well as designer paints, we can offer our customers an extremely varied choice of decorating materials all from our Central Warehouse.

A family run business for almost 120 years; we have a long history in our industry and have grown to over 190 branches nationwide. We know that our people make our business unique, and place great emphasis on the development and growth of our colleagues.

Additional duties will include:

• Monitoring supplier invoice for discrepancies and clearing invoices for payment including import and carrier & services invoices.
• Liaising with suppliers to resolve discrepancies with invoices
• Liaising with the warehouse on any booking in errors and maintaining error logs
• Cashing up system-based tasks
• Supporting colleagues with ordering sundry items such as stationery
• Delivering KPI’s for Invoices processed and open
• Establishing and building great professional relationships with internal and external customers, suppliers, and colleagues

What we are looking for:

• A people leader with demonstrable experience
• Experience in an Accounts Payable environment at a senior level
• Excellent logical and numerical reasoning skills
• An understanding and experience of cost centre coding and management
• Highly effective communication skills with the ability to actively listen and motivate a team
• Resilience with the ability to deal with challenging situations
• Excellent attention to detail and time management skills
• Confidence in the use of computers with the ability to learn new systems quickly
• A Team Manager who is keen to learn, develop skills, and progress within our industry

In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package consisting of:

• Competitive rates of pay
• 31 days holiday including bank holidays (pro rata for Part Time and duration of FTC)
• Free life assurance
• 5% of your salary employer contribution to the pension plan (subject to employee contributions)
• We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Brewers Colleague discounts giving you huge savings on your home improvements
• Employee Assistance Programme - accessible to colleagues, partner/spouse and dependents
• Access to Medicash, an optional contributory scheme where you can claim money back for the most common routine healthcare treatments
• Discounts and rewards with selected partners - major high street brands, supermarkets etc
• Additional financial assistance such as Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loans and Helping Hand Loan Scheme for times of crisis
• Staff uniform and uniform cleaning tax relief
• Comprehensive Induction Programme

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please click the Apply Now button on this page to complete the mandatory application form.

Please note – we have a specified timescale within which to appoint and train. This role may be removed from listings before the closing date if we are successful in finding an appointment.

Please ensure you fully complete the application process if you wish to be considered for this position. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to any applicants that do not complete the process.

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