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Recruitment of an Accounts Officer

Permanent recruitment

How we recruited an Accounts Officer for a civil earth-moving company

Our client

Our client has over 30 years experience in the civil earth-moving industry. They are committed to providing value-added earth-moving services by creating successful partnerships with their customers throughout the entire construction process.

Location - Perth, WA
Industry - construction / earth-moving
Size - 30 employees

We applied our three-phase service delivery model for this recruitment drive.

Video job advertisement

Social media algorithms favour videos over still content, so we create video advertisements for all vacancies to help source our candidates.

We take full advantage of this unique and highly effective form of candidate sourcing in order to reach the right candidate at the right time.

We post our videos on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. They are posted on these platforms 10-20 times, based on relevance. Our videos typically receive over 1,000 views within the first 24 hours.

Job advertisement

We constantly refresh, rewrite and reformat our job advertisements to optimise the quality of applications received. Our approach is aggressive - we post around 20 advertisements for every permanent job. Advertisements are posted on:

Job boards - Seek, Adzuna, Glassdoor, Indeed and Jora
Social media - LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter
11 Recruitment's website

On average, our advertisements receive over 100 applications and perform well above the market benchmark for Seek, shown in this graph

Accounts Officer

Well-established and reputable company located north of the river
Permanent, full-time position with an immediate start

The role

Payroll duties for this role will include:

Timesheet calculation
Processing weekly payroll for 30 staff
Processing payroll deductions, payments and GL reconciliations
Preparing files for new employees
Reporting to the CFO

Accounts duties for this role will include:

AP and AR - processing invoices, weekly payments and statement reconciliations
Bank and weekly sales reconciliations
Creating purchase orders
Entering creditor/debtor data and allocating to GL accounts
Completing end-of-month reporting
Updating KPI information
Managing petty cash

Administration duties for this role will include:

Answering calls and greeting visitors
Managing incoming and outgoing mail
Liaising with contractors and suppliers to place new job order
Booking accommodation
Filing and archiving documents and records
Data entry
Monitoring and maintaining stationary and office equipment
Purchasing PPE and first aid
Ensuring the office is clean and amenities are stocked

About you

The successful candidate will need:

Experience in a similar role
The unrestricted right to work in Australia
MYOB proficiency
Experience in payroll
Microsoft Excel proficiency
Excellent verbal and written communication
Accurate data entry and attention to detail

About our client

Our client is a privately owned company in the civil construction industry. They aim to provide the best products and services possible.

Their warehouse - which includes an attached office - based in the Northern suburbs.

Assessment Matrix design

Our in-house designed, custom made software generates an Assessment Matrix, which is our blueprint for the recruitment process. Our process consists of screening, interviews, document verification, skills testing, personality profiling and reference checks.

Ticks indicate the point at which each criteria is addressed. More importance criteria are checked multiple times throughout the recruitment process.

Selection criteria	Screen	Interview	Docs.	Skill test	Profiling	Refs.
Education
Bachelor's degree - advantage	✓		✓
Experience
High-volume accounts	✓	✓				✓
Payroll for 30 employees	✓	✓				✓
Induction file preparation	✓	✓				✓
End-to-end AP / AR	✓	✓				✓
Sales reconciliations	✓	✓				✓
PO creation	✓	✓				✓
Month-end reporting	✓	✓				✓
Petty cash	✓	✓				✓
High-volume admin	✓	✓				✓
Arranging travel and accommodation	✓	✓				✓
Other
Microsoft Office - advanced	✓			✓
Adobe software - intermediate	✓			✓
Spelling and grammar - excellent	✓			✓
Verify LinkedIn vs CV	✓	✓				✓
Accept expected salary ($75k)	✓	✓				✓
Previous warning of termination?	✓	✓				✓
Will you pass a drug test?	✓	✓				✓
Behaviour
Dominance - 35%		✓			✓
Influence - 32%		✓			✓
Steadiness - 59%		✓			✓
Compliance - 69%		✓			✓
Forms signed
Health / police check			✓
Signed document - tell the truth			✓
Docs verified
Driver’s licence	✓		✓
Citizen AU / NZ or PR	✓		✓

DISC profiling

Similar to people, jobs have their own behavioural profile that is based on duties, environment and communication. We create a profile for every job vacancy, enabling us to match an applicant's behaviour against that of a specific role.

We use DISC, which examines the following attributes:

Dominance - accomplishing results, the bottom line, confidence
Influence - persuading others, openness, dependability
Steadiness - cooperation, sincerity, dependability
Compliance - quality, accuracy, expertise

DISC profile - Accounts Officer

The behavioural style of the person suited to this role will be one which is concerned with the facts. It is unlikely that they will be the outgoing and communicative type of person and more likely will be reserved.

Their power to persuade will be based on the presentation of facts which are unlikely to be embellished and require an individual who is able to impartially concentrate on details whilst focusing on the practical side of the job.

The ideal person will have a rational approach to facts and be able to assess them objectively. Ideally the person needs to prefer an environment where the work is predictable and without any sudden changes.

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It is well suited to a person who is stable, steady and genuinely friendly towards others and concerned about their welfare. The role calls for an individual who is happy to be a member of the team, and if they assume a leadership role it would be because of their technical expertise rather than an innate drive to rise to the top.

Such individuals are likely to use tact in negotiations and would be diplomatic and sensitive to the feelings of the individuals they are dealing with. They would be cautious not to dominate over others whilst asserting the facts and ensuring the process is followed vigorously.

In addition to having a high boredom threshold, the individual will have an ‘eye for detail’, and be fastidious about ensuring accuracy across all aspects of the work. Such a person will take time to consider a problem carefully and thoroughly before making a decision and will be disinclined to rush their work, preferring instead to take time to ensure all aspects have been covered thoroughly.

The person would need to be able to concentrate for extended periods of time and be content to continue to carry out repetitious work over an extended period of time.

The role calls for an individual who would be comfortable working in the background in a supportive role rather than be in the limelight and receiving the credit for the work done.

The need for precision and accuracy is paramount and the individual should be satisfied to concentrate on repetitious work over an extended period of time. They should prefer an environment where the work is predictable and there are unlikely to be any sudden dynamic changes.

Accounts Officer

Shortlisted candidates

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Behavioural adaptation by candidates to match the job profile:

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Results

Our aim is to produce a strong shortlist by sourcing widely. We measure every stage in our recruitment process to ensure we meet this key objective.

Our service comes with an extended 18-month replacement guarantee. This guarantee means our interests are mutually aligned - to recruit high achievers who will excel and stay.

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Applications received

Interviewed by 11 Recruitment

Shortlisted

Interviewed by client

Hired

Feedback

"Christian is an extremely professional, supportive and driven leader with a keen understanding for recruiting and client relations.

His work ethic, communication, and consistency are key facets in the excellent results found at 11 Recruitment.

His guidance and supervision are apparent when seeing the desire to constantly improve and provide positive experiences across the entirety of the team."

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