Finance Assistant

**JOB TITLE: Finance Assistant**

**DEPARTMENT: Business Support**

**REPORTING TO: Operations and Finance Manager**

**LOCATION: Office based (hybrid and flexible start/finish times)**

**WORKING HOURS: 20-25 hours per week, pattern to be agreed.**

**SALARY: £COMPETITIVE**

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
As Finance Assistant you will have a variety of tasks to complete, supporting the Hope Capital team and third parties.

**Day to day, you will**:
Ensure financial processes are effectively administrated;
- Reconciliation of payments, invoices, income and receipts and entering data into accounting software.
- Creating and performing supplier payment runs
- Monitor, reconcile and reporting on employee expenses.
- Reconciling accounting data to ensure accuracy.
- Reconciling of stakeholder payments and statements.
- Preparation and submission of compliance requirements.
- Using accounting software.
- Updating and reconciling financial ledgers.
- Assisting the Finance Director with preparation of annual budgets and rolling forecasts for the company.
- Verifying company expenses, bank deposits and bank payments.
- Verifying the accuracy of business accounts and alerting the Heads of Department.
- Complying with financial laws and regulations alongside in-house policies.
- Reconciliation of 3rd party payments into a self-billing system
- Creating and maintaining spreadsheets and reports for finance and the wider business usage
- Gather data from all departments in line with reporting requirements

**Building relationships across the Hope Capital family and with our stakeholders by**:

- Professionally handling calls on payment requests and other financial queries managing our stakeholders expectations and constantly building our reputation and brand image.
- Liaising with internal departments to effectively support the Hope Capital lending process.

**WHAT YOU’LL NEED**:

- Strong administration experience.
- Proficient in excel and able to grasp new systems with ease.
- Analytical approach and attention to detail.
- Strong Multi-tasking and organisational skills to manage different financial duties, including the ability to prioritise tasks in order to meet tight deadlines.
- Communication skills, including the ability to explain financial matters in accessible terms to different level of stakeholders.
- Strong problem solving ability and skills.
- Flexibility and open-mindedness.

**WHAT WE EXPECT**:

- All of our team should be aligned to our Company Values, Vision; Mission Statement and Strategy statements.
- We work together to support one another, our business and all of our stakeholders with the ultimate aim of growing our business and being the best in what we do.
- Need to work irregular hours and weekends as required to fulfil the above responsibilities e.g., events attendance.
- To support Company Values of Integrity; Flexibility; Collaboration; Improvement and Customer Focused as embraced by the and Hope Capital Mission Statement

**Hope Capital is run on strong family values with an ethos of doing the right thing**:
**Integrity Flexibility Collaboration Continuous**
**Improvement**

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: From £25,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

- Bonus scheme
- Loyalty bonus

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Transport links
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Bootle: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bootle