Role: Finance Assistant
To apply for this position please follow this link
Reports To:
Financial Accountant, Group Financial Controller
Supports:
Peers
Job Role Purpose:
Become a part of the Finance team and gain experience across multiple financial disciplines by continually meeting and exceeding client expectations in this customer-facing role.
Salary:
Salary Bracket £20,000-£25,000
(Salary will be commensurate with experience)
Holidays:
28 days Inclusive of public holidays.
Plus, opportunity to purchase up to 3 days additional leave per annum through salary sacrifice scheme. Earn up to 4 extra holiday days via length of service scheme.
Hours of Work:
40 Hours per week, Day Shift, Mon- Friday- Flexibility is required to meet business needs.
Notice Period:
One month
PERKS:
- Perk One- Finish Early on Fridays
- Perk Two- Onsite Parking
- Perk Three- Free Fruit in Canteen
- Perk Four- Free Coffee Machine- Help yourself to a flavoured Latte!
- Perk Five-Additional Holiday entitlements based on length of service
- Perk Six-Pension
- Perk Seven-Death in Service benefits based on length of Service
- Perk Eight- Health Insurance cash back plans based on length of Service
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsibility for groupwide invoicing processes and procedures.
- Raise invoices from sales orders as required
- Code invoices to relevant sales division with high level of accuracy
- Deal with customer queries in a professional manner
- Awareness of VAT requirements across UK, ROI and EU Jurisdictions
- Maintenance of customer receipts as invoices are settled
- Contribute to an efficient month end process
- Administrative support to department ensuring a highly organised approach to work and filing systems
- Assistance with statuary audits
- To recognize and contribute to a positive culture within the company
- Initiate action to prevent non-conformity in work
- Ensure accuracy across all tasks and duties
- Compliance with data protection/ GDPR standards
- To liaise with Financial Accountant and reporting of issues/ inaccuracies
- Continually drive improvement and efficiency in the invoicing processes to support business growth
Corporate Governance:
- Ensure best practice is maintained and implemented
- Proactively engage with the Internal and Statutory Audit Function
Business Partnering:
- Collaborate and engage with your peers within the Finance team
- Support senior management within the commercial business units
- Be a problem solver proactively finding solutions to assist with the delivery of business objectives
- Excellent communication skills and ability to engage with non-financial areas of the business in a jargon free format
Essential Criteria:
- At least 1 years (+) experience in a similar role
- Proficient in MS Excel – use of vlookups, sumif, pivot tables
- Knowledge of SAGE 50 accounts would be beneficial
- Advanced level of administrative skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent team-working skills to effectively collaborate.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational, process and time management skills
- Proactive attitude
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Team player with strong analytical and accounting skills
Desirable Criteria:
- Results Driven
- Creating positive relationships
- Service focussed
- Strategic thinker
- Innovative
To apply for this position please follow this link
Application deadline: 06/01/2023
