Accounts Assistant - FTC in Tewkesbury

To develop high quality, multi-product technical specifications and grow our specification funnel by championing our green roof, living wall, and wider sustainability and reuse offering across our key market sectors. The role will build strong engagement with the design community, including consultants, architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, and clients; while driving pull through by collaborating closely with main contractors, specialist contractors, local authorities, and utility providers.

Responsibilities

• Manage weekly timesheets - collect, check against labour plans/trackers, resolve discrepancies, obtain approvals, process hours in SAGE, and publish labour utilisation reports.
• Process employee expenses - review claims, verify VAT and documentation, obtain manager approval, and prepare for weekly payment cycles.
• Maintain vehicle and activity trackers - ensure trackers are active, investigate anomalies, and support contract managers with queries.
• Support credit control activities - monitor customer credit limits, send statements, chase overdue debts, and update SAGE limits.
• Onboard new suppliers - ensure supplier documentation meets company policies (with procurement/operations as needed).
• Reconcile supplier statements - identify and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Process supplier invoices - match to purchase orders, verify quantities/pricing, obtain proof of delivery, resolve queries, ensure credit notes are received, and post to SAGE.
• Handle supplier communications - respond to and resolve supplier queries efficiently.
• Manage subcontractor and agency labour processing - update labour plans, enter hours on agency portals, raise purchase orders, and process related invoices.
• Assist with company credit/charge card administration – support the ongoing management and processing of card‑related transactions.

Qualifications

• Experience in an accounts assistant or finance support role (purchase ledger, credit control, or similar).
• Strong attention to detail with excellent numerical accuracy.
• Familiarity with SAGE (or similar accounting software).
• Good understanding of invoice matching and reconciliation processes.
• Confidence liaising with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and customers.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work to deadlines.
• Strong organisational skills with a proactive approach to problem solving.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Excellent communication skills — both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider finance team.

Sky Garden, part of the Genuit Group, are a leading supplier and installer of green roofs, blue roofs, bio‑solar roofs, green walls, and wider urban greening systems. People are at the forefront of everything we do; we have a unique culture where you can be yourself, contribute your ideas to make continuous improvements and take pride in achieving results to support the overall success of our growing business. We recognise the value of investing in our people through comprehensive training and personal development courses. Here at the Genuit Group we recognise and develop the contribution our people make to the Group’s success and are committed to attracting talent from the widest pool. We have a role to play in making the built environment more sustainable, building a low‑carbon business ourselves as well as delivering sustainable solutions at scale.