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  • Howards Motor Group

    01934 428844

    Unit 1 Hildesheim Bridge, Weston-super-Mare
    Somerset
    BS23 3PT

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    01934 332600

    Searle Crescent, Weston-super-Mare
    Somerset
    BS23 3YX

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  • Management Accountant - Howards Group

    Date Added:
    17 June 2025

    Location:
    Suzuki Weston-Super-Mare
    Peugeot Weston-Super-Mare

    Salary:
    Competitive Salary dependent on skills, qualifications and experience

    Closing Date:
    02 July 2025

    Contract Type:
    Full Time and Permanent

    Job Reference:


     

    JOB DESCRIPTION

    This is a high-profile role within the Howards Motor Group Head Office finance team is based at our Peugeot/Fiat retailer in Weston super Mare.  This opportunity will suit an ambitious and proactive individual who can consistently deliver timely and accurate financial reporting to a wide range of stakeholders across the business. Howards is a multi-site automotive retailer group, operating a wide portfolio of manufacturer brands at locations in WSM, Taunton, Yeovil and Dorchester.

    You will support the accounts team with the preparation of monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and Group accounts consolidation, within the published timetable. Annually, you will be involved in the preparation of budgets and year end accounts and schedules. The role is strongly focused on business improvement and the desire to increase efficiency of accounts processes to support overall productivity.

    Key Skills:

    • Preferred Part or Fully qualified ACCA, CIMA, ACA.
    • At least 5 years of experience in working in an accounting environment with some of that time working in a similar level role.
    • Strong communicator across various platforms and ability to align people’s activities to a common goal.
    • Advanced Excel is a necessity for this role e.g. Pivot Tables, complex forumulas and data analytic techniques.
    • Deadline driven and able to work under pressure.
    • Good understanding of industry KPIs and able to interpret management accounts to identify areas of improvement.
    • Able to follow specific process/instructions and able to work independently to deliver delegated projects.
    • Experience of automotive software Keyloop ‘Drive’ (formerly CDK) or Kerridge Rev 8 is advantageous, but not essential.
    • Comfortable in travelling and facilitating meetings with other key employees across all Howards locations, including Finance Team members and other key Managers.

    What we offer in return

    • Good Basic Salary 
    • Generous Holiday Allowance - Increasing with service
    • Pension Scheme with a well known and established provider - salary sacrifice scheme available 
    • Discounted MOT & Service costs and car purchase scheme
    • Employee Long Service Recognition Scheme
    • Life Assurance Scheme from day one
    • On the job training and great career opportunities

    How to apply

    Please click through on the link below to upload your CV.

    Closing Date & Interviews

    The closing date will be midnight on 2 July, 2025. 

    We are an Equal Opportunity employer and are committed to accommodating the needs of individuals with disabilities. If you require any specific accommodations during the interview process, please let us know.

     NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

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  • Howards Garages (Weston) Ltd T/A Howards motor Group is an Appointed Representative of Automotive Compliance Ltd who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA No. 497010). Automotive Compliance Ltd’s permissions as a Principal Firm allow Howards Garages (Weston) Ltd T/A Howards motor Group to act as a credit broker, not a lender, for the introduction to a limited number of lenders, and to act as an agent on behalf of the insurer for insurance distribution activities only.

    We are a credit broker and not a lender. We can introduce you to a lender on our panel, which includes lenders of vehicle manufacturers. We have commercial arrangements with lenders and credit brokers which are likely to influence who we introduce you to. We are not an independent financial adviser and don’t give you any advice or recommendations. It is your choice whether you enter into any finance agreement.

    Our approach is to introduce you first to the manufacturer lender linked to the franchise offering you the vehicle. They will usually offer the best available package for you, taking into account both interest rates and other contributions (but we do not guarantee they do). If they are unable to offer finance, we then seek to introduce you to someone else on our panel. We will usually receive a commission for your introduction. This will be either a fixed fee, or a fixed percentage of the amount that you borrow. This may be linked to the vehicle model you choose.

    Lenders of vehicle manufacturers may also provide preferential rates to us for the funding of our vehicle stock and also provide financial support for our training and marketing. But any such amounts they and other lenders pay us will not affect the amounts you pay under your finance agreement. Before we propose you to a potential lender, we will tell you of the likely amount of commission we will receive and seek your consent to receiving this commission. The exact amount of commission will be confirmed before you sign your finance agreement.

    All finance applications are subject to status, terms and conditions apply, UK residents only, 18s or over. Guarantees may be required.

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