Finance Assistant

**Salary**:£25,000 - £29,000 dependant on experience

**Working Hours**:
35 hours per week - 9.00am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.

1 hour - Unpaid Lunch Break.

An exciting opportunity has become available to join a fast-paced finance function as a Finance Assistant Fixed Term Contract to cover for maternity with various responsibilities.

You will work with a team of Finance Assistants supporting the Company Accountant on a range of Finance duties.
- This is a maternity cover position. This position may extend to Feb 2026 but could end earlier dependant on the length of the maternity leave. _**This is a fully onsite role.**_

**Main Purpose of the Role**:
To support the Company’s Finance department, Company Accountant and Financial Controller.

**Main Responsibilities and Duties**:

- Collating documentation to support journal transactions for expenditure and sales in profit and loss accounts.
- Creating a monthly profit and loss expenditure analysis pack for review by senior management.
- Prepare and post monthly recurring journals for specified Balance sheet accounts.
- Reconcile Balance Sheet accounts.
- Preparing monthly sales breakdown report.
- Calculating and preparing monthly sales commissions.
- Prepare and post inter-company journals, ensuring all figures are agreed by agreed deadlines.
- Maintaining cashbooks and credit card receipts - including downloading bank statements, recording bank statement transactions, posting all currency sales ledger and nominal items on a daily basis.
- Ensure all purchase ledger items are complete to enable daily posting.
- Reconcile all bank accounts on a daily basis.
- Review and reconcile Petty Cash book and cash on a weekly basis.
- Liaise with department heads to obtain approval for supplier payments.
- Ensuring there are adequate levels of currency to cover supplier payments.
- Completing reports for inclusion in the Board report.
- Issuing foreign currency to staff, ensuring sufficient levels of currency.
- Recognise, prepare and produce prepayments and accruals and reconciling weekly.
- Coding and posting journals.
- Producing payment sheets for Assistant Company Accountant, including employee expenses.
- Providing cover for Finance Assistants.
- Ad hoc duties as required.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Strong Microsoft Excel knowledge.
- Accurate, organised, and able to meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience of sales and expenditure analysis.
- Strong teamwork ethic.
- Experience of working in a finance department.
- Experience of working with allocating concepts i.e., accruals and prepayments.

**Desirable Criteria**:

- Training to become or be AAT qualified.
- Experience in manufacturing environment.

**About Louvolite**:
Louvolite is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers in the window blind industry. We design, manufacturer, supply and distribute quality components and blinds to over 100 countries worldwide with Head Offices in the UK, Canada and Australia.

Our vision is to be the leading supplier of products that meet the aspirational and lifestyle needs of our customers.

**Our Values**:

- Trust, Integrity and Respect - in everything we do.
- Individual Development - helping our people grow and develop.
- Commitment, Resilience and Ambition - in pursuit of our goals.
- Continuous Improvement - in everything we do.

**Our Benefits**:

- Auto enrolled into our Stakeholder Pension Scheme (Louvolite contributes 4%).
- 28 days holiday (including statutory).
- Life Assurance covering your annual salary.
- Subsidised canteen offering freshly cooked meals and sandwiches every day.
- Free car parking.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling support, legal guidance, and medical advice from qualified nurses, for you and your immediate family.
- Discounted Gym Membership.
- Discounted Blinds and Shutters, upon successful completion of your Probationary Period.
- Free Flu Jab voucher every Autumn.
- Christmas Savings Scheme.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 16 months

Pay: £25,000.00-£29,000.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Hyde, SK14 4BG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person