Bookkeeper

Bookkeeper

Tamworth, Staffordshire

£27,000- £30,000

Company Overview

Euro Car Parts is part of the LKQ Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and market leader in collision repair and recycled parts in North America and Europe, with an annualized turnover exceeding $5 billion worldwide and more than 20,000 employees across 7 countries.

Euro Car Parts is the fastest growing, largest automotive aftermarket specialist in the UK, with over 8,000 employees in over 200 branches nationwide.

Continued phenomenal growth in both the UK and Europe and the pursuit of £1bn turnover, it is the passion, high energy, tenacity and a “will to win” that are the driving force behind the astounding, yet consistent growth. 

Bookkeeper Key Responsibilities:

• Daily and monthly reconciliation of all bank accounts
• Input Multi Bank Account transaction/statements/ Journal uploads
• Raise daily bank journals for upload
• Daily point of contact for all bank queries
• Investigate branch banking differences
• Deal with and investigate all cash queries
• Report and escalated banking and till differences, ensuring anomalies are reported promptly to allow corrective action
• Supervise and coordinate team tasks and ensure completion of the relevant workflow checklists
• Raising cheque payment requests
• Daily cash reporting
• Internal reporting on bank covenant compliance
• Assisting on daily and weekly cash flow forecast
• Assistance in Audits (internal/external/SOX) and ensure compliance with internal controls
• Ensure treasury function runs smoothly with regular team reviews
• Assist in developing and improving C&B procedures, policies and share best practice
• Issuing daily bank downloads and liaising with the finance team
• Provide cover for other treasury functions and ad hoc duties as required

Key Stakeholders

• Branch network/ Branch Admins
• Banks
• Third party cash collection providers

The successful Bookkeeper Candidate:

• Ideally is AAT qualified
• Previous experience in a supervisory role with responsibility for cash/banking processes in a multi-site, high volume cash environment
• Strong administration skills and ability to systematically organise
• Knowledge of robust treasury/banking processes
• Good working knowledge and experience of Excel
• Staff supervision, coaching and training experience
• Ability to work in a high volume, transactional environment
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good communication skills
• Hard working and committed attitude
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to change
• Proactive approach