Finance Assistant

**Finance Assistant**

**Alcester - Permanent - Full-Time Hours - Salary between £24-£28,000 DOE**
- Provide Credit Control support to the Credit Manager (this will be 50% of the role)
- Provide support to accountants during month-end processes.
- Provide administration support for the following tasks.
- Control and manage all aspects of daily cash book processing

**Day-to-day duties of our Finance Assistant**:
**To support Credit Manager with all aspects of Credit Control, including**
- Consulting with customers to ensure prompt/timely collection of all overdue accounts
- Gathering documentation for resolving complex customer queries
- Consulting with relevant internal stakeholders to resolve customer queries
- Reviewing/releasing “credit hold” sales orders in a controlled and timely manner.

**Providing support to Accountants during month-end processes, including**:

- Running month accounts reports on ERP system
- Populating Excel spreadsheets with monthly accounts data (from initial stages through to final completion)
- Agreeing inter-company balances with related group entities
- Archiving Monthly Management account reports onto computer network
- Provide administration cover for the company’s
- Fixed Asset Register
- Insurance claims -Ad Hoc
- Insurance policy information-Ad Hoc
- Motor vehicle insurance records
- Ad
- Motor Insurance Database (MID)

**Control and manage all aspects of daily cash book processing**:

- Processing all ad-hoc bank payments/receipts on JD Edwards
- Reconciling JD Edwards bank records to company bank accounts
- Preparing monthly bank reconciliations for relevant company bank accounts
- Processing monthly journals to recognise all unprocessed bank payment/receipt transactions

**The Successful Finance Assistant must have the following skills/experience**:

- AAT-qualified (or similar)
- Good human relations skills with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Able to work autonomously, organize and prioritize work as working to tight deadlines.
- Good analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Good negotiation skills with a professional but assertive manner.
- Ability to build strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders. 8. Proficient with computers including spreadsheets (intermediate/advanced Excel user), word processing and database usage.
- Able to work hours as required during peak times such as year-end, quarter-end, month-end, audits, etc.

**What’s on offer for the successful Finance Assistant?**
- Monday-Friday 08.30-17.00 and finish early on a Friday
- Free Parking
- 23 days holiday plus BH
- Competitive Salary depending on experience

Arden Personnel is a local independent recruitment agency based in Alcester, Warwickshire. We recruit for companies based in Alcester, Evesham, Bidford-on-Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon, Henley-in-Arden, Leamington Spa, Redditch, Bromsgrove, and Studley.

We recruit in the following sectors:Administration, PA/Executive Assistants, Secretarial, Reception, Marketing, IT, HR, Finance, Customer Services, Purchasing, and Supply Chain.

We want your experience with using a recruitment agency to be a good one and will always endeavor to get back to all applicants.

You can also contact us on 01789 532220.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 30 per week

**Salary**: £24,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Alcester, Warwickshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Credit Control: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 574