Daniel Robinson & Sons Ltd
Accounts Assistant Location: Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire Salary: £27,000 £30,000 per annum, depending on experience Contract: Full-time, permanent Office-based Five days per week About the role Are you an ambitious, organised and forward-thinking individual with a keen eye for detail Do you enjoy working with numbers, supporting a busy finance team and contributing to the success of a growing business Daniel Robinson & Sons is looking for a reliable and detail-oriented Accounts Assistant / Administrator to join our finance team at our Bishop s Stortford office. Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, you'll play an important role in supporting the day-to-day running of the Accounts Department, ensuring financial transactions are processed accurately and efficiently. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with previous accounts experience who is looking to develop their skills and make a valuable contribution to a growing business. You'll need a good understanding of financial processes, strong IT skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team. Key responsibilities • Accounts Receivable: Prepare and issue sales invoices, ensuring they are processed accurately and on time. • Accounts Payable: Process supplier invoices and ensure payments are made within agreed deadlines. • Bank Reconciliations: Reconcile company bank accounts and investigate any discrepancies. • Client Payments: Process and handle customer payments both over the telephone and face-to-face. • Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Assist with balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring financial records are accurate and up to date. • Petty Cash and Company Credit Cards: Maintain petty cash records and process company credit card transactions. • Fixed Assets: Assist with maintaining fixed asset registers and recording relevant transactions. • Financial Data and Reporting: Work with large datasets, maintain accurate financial records and prepare reports as required. • General Accounts Administration: Provide day-to-day administrative support to the finance team and assist with other finance-related duties as required. About you To be successful in this role, you'll be organised, proactive and comfortable working in a busy environment where accuracy and attention to detail are essential. Essential skills and experience: • AAT Level 2 qualification. • Previous and recent experience in a similar Accounts Assistant or Accounts Administrator role. • Strong IT and computer skills, with the ability to work confidently with financial data and spreadsheets. • A good understanding of accounting processes, including sales and purchase ledger activities and reconciliations. • Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy. • A professional approach to handling confidential and sensitive financial information. • The ability to manage your workload, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines. • A positive, flexible and team-oriented attitude, with the ability to work independently when required. What we offer • Competitive salary of £27,000 £30,000 per annum, depending on experience. • The opportunity to join a busy and growing business. • A varied role with exposure to a broad range of finance and accounting activities. • The opportunity to contribute to the continued success and development of the business. How to apply If you have the skills and experience we're looking for and would like to join our team, we'd love to hear from you. Please submit your up-to-date CV along with a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for the role. No agencies, please.
Accounts Assistant Location: Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire Salary: £27,000 £30,000 per annum, depending on experience Contract: Full-time, permanent Office-based Five days per week About the role Are you an ambitious, organised and forward-thinking individual with a keen eye for detail Do you enjoy working with numbers, supporting a busy finance team and contributing to the success of a growing business Daniel Robinson & Sons is looking for a reliable and detail-oriented Accounts Assistant / Administrator to join our finance team at our Bishop s Stortford office. Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, you'll play an important role in supporting the day-to-day running of the Accounts Department, ensuring financial transactions are processed accurately and efficiently. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with previous accounts experience who is looking to develop their skills and make a valuable contribution to a growing business. You'll need a good understanding of financial processes, strong IT skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team. Key responsibilities • Accounts Receivable: Prepare and issue sales invoices, ensuring they are processed accurately and on time. • Accounts Payable: Process supplier invoices and ensure payments are made within agreed deadlines. • Bank Reconciliations: Reconcile company bank accounts and investigate any discrepancies. • Client Payments: Process and handle customer payments both over the telephone and face-to-face. • Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Assist with balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring financial records are accurate and up to date. • Petty Cash and Company Credit Cards: Maintain petty cash records and process company credit card transactions. • Fixed Assets: Assist with maintaining fixed asset registers and recording relevant transactions. • Financial Data and Reporting: Work with large datasets, maintain accurate financial records and prepare reports as required. • General Accounts Administration: Provide day-to-day administrative support to the finance team and assist with other finance-related duties as required. About you To be successful in this role, you'll be organised, proactive and comfortable working in a busy environment where accuracy and attention to detail are essential. Essential skills and experience: • AAT Level 2 qualification. • Previous and recent experience in a similar Accounts Assistant or Accounts Administrator role. • Strong IT and computer skills, with the ability to work confidently with financial data and spreadsheets. • A good understanding of accounting processes, including sales and purchase ledger activities and reconciliations. • Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy. • A professional approach to handling confidential and sensitive financial information. • The ability to manage your workload, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines. • A positive, flexible and team-oriented attitude, with the ability to work independently when required. What we offer • Competitive salary of £27,000 £30,000 per annum, depending on experience. • The opportunity to join a busy and growing business. • A varied role with exposure to a broad range of finance and accounting activities. • The opportunity to contribute to the continued success and development of the business. How to apply If you have the skills and experience we're looking for and would like to join our team, we'd love to hear from you. Please submit your up-to-date CV along with a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for the role. No agencies, please.
Daniel Robinson & Sons Ltd
Receptionist Location: Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire Salary: £25,420 £27,500 per annum, DOE Contract: Full-time, permanent Office-based Daniel Robinson & Sons is a long-established, family-owned independent funeral directors, proudly serving families and communities across Essex, Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas since 1892. We understand that losing someone you care about is one of the most difficult experiences in life. Our role is to provide families with care, compassion and professionalism at every stage, and our people are at the heart of delivering that service. We are now looking for an experienced Receptionist to join our Bishop s Stortford office. About the role As our Receptionist, you'll be the first person a bereaved family meets and will play a vital role in creating a warm, welcoming and supportive experience. This is much more than a traditional reception role. You'll combine front-of-house responsibilities with a varied administrative workload, coordinating appointments, handling enquiries, supporting Funeral Directors and liaising with a range of external contacts. You'll need genuine warmth and emotional intelligence, alongside the ability to remain calm, organised and professional when dealing with sensitive situations and competing priorities. What you'll be doing • Welcoming bereaved families, visitors and members of the public with warmth, dignity and discretion. • Handling telephone enquiries sensitively, including initial calls following a death. • Managing appointments, viewings and chapel of rest arrangements. • Coordinating diaries and information between families, Funeral Directors and third parties. • Liaising with clergy, celebrants, crematoria, cemeteries, doctors, coroners, florists and other suppliers. • Preparing, completing and maintaining funeral paperwork and records accurately. • Handling payments, invoices and account queries. • Managing incoming and outgoing post, emails and general correspondence. • Ensuring reception, meeting rooms and public areas are maintained to an excellent standard. • Providing wider administrative and branch support as required. • Handling highly sensitive information with absolute confidentiality and in line with GDPR and company procedures. • Supporting local community activities, events and fundraising where required. • The above gives a flavour of the role rather than a complete list of duties. This is an advert, not a job description, and should not be considered exhaustive. A full job description will be provided at interview stage. What we're looking for Essential: • Proven experience in a front-of-house or receptionist role this is mandatory. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • A warm, professional and empathetic telephone manner. • High emotional intelligence and the ability to respond appropriately to people who may be distressed or grieving. • Strong organisational and administrative skills, with excellent attention to detail. • The ability to remain calm and composed while managing multiple priorities. • Competent IT skills, including Microsoft Office, with the confidence to learn new systems. • Absolute discretion, integrity and professionalism. • A smart and professional appearance and manner. • A flexible, helpful approach and a genuine commitment to providing excellent service. Desirable: • Previous or current experience within the funeral industry. • Knowledge of Bishop s Stortford and the surrounding area. • Experience dealing with funeral-related organisations or third parties. • Experience in another client-facing role involving sensitive or emotionally challenging situations. • A full UK driving licence. A role that makes a difference This is a rewarding opportunity to become an important part of a team supporting families during some of the most difficult moments of their lives. The role can be emotionally demanding, and you may occasionally come into contact with the deceased, so we ask applicants to consider this carefully. In return, you'll join a well-established, award-winning family business with a strong reputation for care, professionalism and service, where the contribution you make to families and the local community genuinely matters. Apply today If you're an experienced receptionist who combines professionalism with compassion, discretion and genuine warmth, we'd love to hear from you. Please apply with your CV and a short covering note explaining why this opportunity appeals to you.
Receptionist Location: Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire Salary: £25,420 £27,500 per annum, DOE Contract: Full-time, permanent Office-based Daniel Robinson & Sons is a long-established, family-owned independent funeral directors, proudly serving families and communities across Essex, Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas since 1892. We understand that losing someone you care about is one of the most difficult experiences in life. Our role is to provide families with care, compassion and professionalism at every stage, and our people are at the heart of delivering that service. We are now looking for an experienced Receptionist to join our Bishop s Stortford office. About the role As our Receptionist, you'll be the first person a bereaved family meets and will play a vital role in creating a warm, welcoming and supportive experience. This is much more than a traditional reception role. You'll combine front-of-house responsibilities with a varied administrative workload, coordinating appointments, handling enquiries, supporting Funeral Directors and liaising with a range of external contacts. You'll need genuine warmth and emotional intelligence, alongside the ability to remain calm, organised and professional when dealing with sensitive situations and competing priorities. What you'll be doing • Welcoming bereaved families, visitors and members of the public with warmth, dignity and discretion. • Handling telephone enquiries sensitively, including initial calls following a death. • Managing appointments, viewings and chapel of rest arrangements. • Coordinating diaries and information between families, Funeral Directors and third parties. • Liaising with clergy, celebrants, crematoria, cemeteries, doctors, coroners, florists and other suppliers. • Preparing, completing and maintaining funeral paperwork and records accurately. • Handling payments, invoices and account queries. • Managing incoming and outgoing post, emails and general correspondence. • Ensuring reception, meeting rooms and public areas are maintained to an excellent standard. • Providing wider administrative and branch support as required. • Handling highly sensitive information with absolute confidentiality and in line with GDPR and company procedures. • Supporting local community activities, events and fundraising where required. • The above gives a flavour of the role rather than a complete list of duties. This is an advert, not a job description, and should not be considered exhaustive. A full job description will be provided at interview stage. What we're looking for Essential: • Proven experience in a front-of-house or receptionist role this is mandatory. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • A warm, professional and empathetic telephone manner. • High emotional intelligence and the ability to respond appropriately to people who may be distressed or grieving. • Strong organisational and administrative skills, with excellent attention to detail. • The ability to remain calm and composed while managing multiple priorities. • Competent IT skills, including Microsoft Office, with the confidence to learn new systems. • Absolute discretion, integrity and professionalism. • A smart and professional appearance and manner. • A flexible, helpful approach and a genuine commitment to providing excellent service. Desirable: • Previous or current experience within the funeral industry. • Knowledge of Bishop s Stortford and the surrounding area. • Experience dealing with funeral-related organisations or third parties. • Experience in another client-facing role involving sensitive or emotionally challenging situations. • A full UK driving licence. A role that makes a difference This is a rewarding opportunity to become an important part of a team supporting families during some of the most difficult moments of their lives. The role can be emotionally demanding, and you may occasionally come into contact with the deceased, so we ask applicants to consider this carefully. In return, you'll join a well-established, award-winning family business with a strong reputation for care, professionalism and service, where the contribution you make to families and the local community genuinely matters. Apply today If you're an experienced receptionist who combines professionalism with compassion, discretion and genuine warmth, we'd love to hear from you. Please apply with your CV and a short covering note explaining why this opportunity appeals to you.