Metal Control Assistant

7 days ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Cooksongold Full time

About Us

We are Cooksongold, and we've been proudly supporting jewellers since 1918, with everything from precious metals to jewellery tools. We are part of HM Precious Metals, one of Europe's largest refiners and processors of precious metals.

Based in the heart of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter with a store in London's Hatton Garden, we are a friendly, well-established and expanding business of 270 dedicated employees.

We are highly rated by our customers – we were awarded a Feefo Trusted Platinum Service Award in 2024 and 2025, and we recently won Jewellery Supplier of the Year at the UK Jewellery Awards 2025.

It's an exciting time to join us We are continuing to invest in our jewellery operation and explore new markets for precious metal.

We currently have a vacancy for a
Metal Control Finance Assistant.

The Role

As our Metal Control Financial Assistant you will process precious metal financial transactions in an accurate and timely manner. You will ensure that our finance systems reflect the physical and paper metal balances, preparing reports, maintaining and updating spreadsheets and inventory management.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensuring the system/business coverage, pricing and payments/receipts requirements are fully understood and maintained to the highest standards
  • The process of closing fixes, processing bullion coverage with banks, arranging payments, and ensuring receipts of funds are fully documented and actioned to agreed timescales
  • Ensuring that metal transfers between customers, other group companies and banks are processed timely and effectively to ensure that balances accurately reflect the current position
  • Conduct regular reconciliations of metal inventory accounts to ensure accuracy and resolve discrepancies
  • Liaise with banks and other suppliers for delivery of bullion products

About you

  • Proven experience in reconciliation/bank systems and processes and bookkeeping
  • Thorough understanding of accounting processes, ledgers and banking systems,
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
  • Save strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a team environment.

Benefits

We offer a well-balanced working environment with a competitive salary package and excellent benefits which support employees at every stage of their career.

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