Finance Assistant

7 months ago


Didcot, United Kingdom Astroscale Full time

We offer hybrid working once training has been completed.

**Responsibilities
- Ownership of all transactional processes (sales, purchasing, fixed assets, bank, credit card and expenses). Ensuring the accuracy of posting of transactions to general ledger code, project code and department.
- Liaise with budget holders to support the purchase approval process and ensure suppliers are paid to terms.
- Preparing payment runs for suppliers and submitting for review
- Support the Finance team with management reporting, P&L and cash forecasting
- Month-end journal processing
- Month-end balance sheet reconciliations
- Monthly VAT reconciliation & quarterly preparation of VAT returns
- Ad-hoc P&L, balance sheet and cash analysis
- Ensuring adherence to business process and policy at all times
- Dealing with ad-hoc queries from the business and parent company Finance team as required
- Maintenance of business software (financial and other)
- Timesheet reporting and analysis Take on additional work which will assist in professional development
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**Essential Skills
- Previous experience of accounting software package/s and good understanding of financial ledgers
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (VLookups, Sumifs, Pivot tables etc.)
- Able to manage and organise workload to meet weekly and monthly deadlines
- Excellent attention to detail
- Can-do attitude with the ability to pick tasks up quickly
- Flexible approach and collaborative worker
- Desire to learn and develop knowledge and skills Confident verbal and written communicator

**Desirable skills
- Experience working in global or multi-currency businesses
- P&L departmental analysis
- Balance sheet reconciliations and management
- SAP accounting software Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint)

**Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology
- Flexible working around core hours in a friendly and supportive environment
- Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements)
- 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday
- Life insurance and long-term sick pay
- Private healthcare (taxable benefit)
- New state of the art office and cleanroom facility Regular social events

**Location
Astroscale UK (Harwell), with potential for some travel to Astroscale Japan (Tokyo)

**About Astroscale
We aim to deliver cutting edge technologies that will become part of routine commercial space operations by 2030.

Astroscale is the first private company with a vision to secure the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations, and the only company dedicated to in-orbit servicing across all orbits. Founded in 2013, we are developing innovative and scalable solutions across the spectrum of in-orbit servicing missions, including End of Life services, Active Debris Removal, In-situ Space Situational Awareness and Life Extension Services, to create sustainable space systems and mitigate against the hazardous build-up of debris in space.

Astroscale is an Equal Opportunities employer and embraces a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.



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