Finance Assistant

**JOB DETAILS**

**JOB TITLE**: Finance Assistant

**REPORTS TO**: Assistant Accountant

**ACCOUNTABLE TO**: Finance Director

**LOCATION**: Based in Stretton, Burton on Trent

Hybrid working available

There may be a need to visit other company sites in Burton and Derbyshire

**SALARY**: £26k FTE

**JOB PURPOSE**

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, friendly and supportive individual into a new role, which is an exciting opportunity to support the existing finance team in a growing company and its 3 subsidiaries.

The role will play a key support role across all finance areas of the group of companies, primarily in Accounts Payable, but also including Financial Management, Accounts Receivable, Treasury and information analysis.

Responsibilities would include:

- Invoice reconciliations and payments
- Month-end transactions & journal entries
- Purchase & sales ledger control
- Credit control
- Bank Reconciliation
- Cashbook management
- Assisting with finance administration
- Assisting in Procurement and ordering

Whilst having a fixed office base, the post holder also has the opportunity to work from home on a regular basis.

**TEAM STRUCTURE**

The team consists of an apprentice, 2 x Finance Assistants, 2 x Assistant Accountants, and a Senior Accountant, all working together under the direction of the Finance Director. The post holder will from time to time be required to provide support and guidance to other members of the team.

**SKILLS & EXPERIENCE**

You’ll ideally have the following skills and experience:

- Previous experience of working in a finance team environment
- Great communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Knowledge of finance procedures
- Ability to work independently
- Good IT skills, and experience of using Excel
- The ability to build good working relationships with a variety of stakeholders across the business, and contribute to a friendly, supportive working environment.

The post holder must also assist in ensuring the compliance with the Company Standing Financial Instructions and other procedures/regulations is essential.

**KEY RESULT AREAS**

The post holder is required to support the Finance Department primarily in AP processing, with other areas of finance including:

- Ensuring that invoices are process in a timely accurate manner
- Liaising with customers and colleagues regarding invoice queries
- Processing supplier invoices and staff expenses in the correct group company
- Ensuring accurate ledger coding
- Ensuring invoices and staff expenses are authorised and paid in accordance with group policies
- Month-end tasks including journal entries, accruals & prepayments
- Analysis of reports, figures & trends
- Providing information to aid managers in the financial management of the companies
- Maintaining working papers for month-end, year-end and audit
- Ensuring accurate ledger coding
- Raising invoices and liaising with customers to ensure prompt payment
- Processing payments received
- Query resolution within the organisation and customers
- Developing and maintaining relationships with customers
- Preparing and Processing weekly bank reconciliations
- Processing bank payments and receipts
- Assisting with the procurement function to enable smooth running of the companies

**GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES**

The postholder is expected to maintain working papers to enable internal and external auditors to have a clear audit trail. The postholder is also responsible for ensuring that those staff responsible for providing information, analysis and data however complex, whether for monthly or annual returns maintains adequate working papers with a clear audit trail.

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: £15,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 22.50 per week

**Benefits**:

- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Work from home

**Experience**:

- Finance: 1 year (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Burton-On-Trent DE13 0BY