CPJ Field & Company is an independent, family-owned funeral company and one of the UK’s longest-established family-owned businesses, caring for bereaved families across the South East with warmth and professionalism.

Alongside our funeral homes, the group includes two subsidiaries whose accounts this role also looks after. It’s a genuinely varied opportunity for someone who enjoys a busy, hands-on finance role across the group.

About the role:

Reporting to the Management Accountant, you’ll be a key member of our friendly Accounts team at the Regional Support Centre in Burgess Hill. This is a varied, reconciliation-focused role supporting the day-to-day finance of CPJ Field and the management accounts of our two subsidiaries. It’s a great opportunity for someone who wants to broaden their experience across a multi-entity group and grow with the business.

 

Key responsibilities

Day-to-day finance and reconciliations (CPJ Field):

• Reconcile the operating account each month.
• Administer the Equals expense cards — process the monthly expense journal, top up and order cards as the business requires, and reconcile card activity.
• Raise cheques, BACS payments and debit-card refunds as requested, through the weekly payment run.
• Reconcile receipts — update EFD daily with BACS transfers and reconcile weekly.
• Chase branches for funeral deposits and ensure timely invoicing, weekly by email.
• Support credit control — produce aged debtor reports and issue final notices to clients once instructed by the funeral home (shared with the Management Accountant).
• Reconcile the Fees account each month.
• Complete the monthly Worldpay and Barclaycard reconciliations.
• Prepare and process the monthly recurring journals and assist with the production of the management accounts.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations.
• Provide support to all the branches on EFD, our in-house funeral software system.

 

Additional duties:

• Produce the monthly management accounts in Xero, for review by the Management Accountant.
• Pay suppliers, raise sales invoices, and reconcile accruals and prepayment schedules.
• Prepare the quarterly VAT returns.
• Complete the intercompany reconciliation with CPJ Field.
• Produce the monthly management accounts in Xero, for review by the Management Accountant.

 

What we’re looking for:

 

Essential

• Studying towards AAT, ACCA or CIMA, qualified by experience (QBE), or part-qualified.
• Solid experience of reconciliations — bank, card and balance sheet.
• Confident using Xero (our subsidiary accounts are run in Xero).
• Good Excel skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical, well-organised approach.
• Able to manage a varied workload and meet weekly and monthly deadlines.
• A clear communicator, comfortable liaising with branches by phone and email.

 

Desirable

• Exposure to VAT returns and intercompany reconciliations.
• Credit control experience.

 

What we offer:

• An extensive wellbeing programme.
• Pension scheme.
• Annual company gatherings and social events.
• Long-service awards, and a gift at Christmas and on your birthday.
• The chance to develop your experience across a multi-entity group.

 

Where:

The role will be based at our Regional Support Centre in Burgess Hill. Those who work at Rampion House do not have daily contact with clients or the normal business of funeral service provision.

This is a unique profession, and every colleague makes a difference. If you would welcome the opportunity to join a family business and support those who care for families and their loved ones, please click Apply.