Finance Assistant

This is an IT support group; Camberley; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000

Job description

Finance Assistant

Hybrid, Blackbushe (2-3 days a week in the office)

£25,000 - £30,000

40 hours per week Monday – Friday

BCA are the biggest name in Europe’s vehicle remarketing industry, backed by the Constellation Automotive Group, we’re part of a family including cinch and WeBuyAnyCar.com. We’re growing rapidly and are on a key digital transformation journey.

Constellation Automotive Group is the largest vertically integrated digital used car marketplace in Europe, combining the leading digital brands across the segments of consumer to business, business to business and business to consumer. We offer competitive salaries plus attractive benefits, unrivalled support to progress and flexible remote working.

Provide support to the UK Remarketing Finance Manager by being an integral part of the month-end process ensuring that accruals, prepayments, reconciliations and month-end analysis are performed in a timely and accurate manner. Outside of month-ends, providing regular management and contractual reporting as well as having the ability to perform ad hoc analysis and investigation.

Key Responsibilities

• Timely preparation and posting of period-end accruals and prepayment journals for areas of responsibility to support the period-end close process.
• Performing month-end balance sheet reconciliations across a range of account balances.
• Performing in-month checks on account balances and classes of transactions of higher risk of mis-posting to identify issues prior to month-end.
• Ownership of certain month-end intercompany reconciliations ensuring that relevant invoices are posted by the Accounts Payable team and making accruals where necessary.
• Assist in the preparation of weekly cash flow forecasts.
• Assist with other regular and ad hoc reporting, investigation and analysis to enable efficient operational and financial processes and to support the wider management accounts team.
• Reviewing and approving proposed payments through the online banking portal.
• Reconciliation of key bank accounts including investigating unallocated bank receipts to ensure appropriate coding.
• Supporting the year-end audit process.

Key Skills

• Desirable - AAT qualified or equivalent and / or working towards a recognised accounting qualification – CIMA, ACCA, ACA
• Desirable - Strong IT skills including intermediate Excel skills as a minimum (including use of SUMIF, IF, XLOOKUP functions and Pivot tables)
• Prior use of Microsoft Navision or similar Microsoft ERP would be advantageous but not essential
• Strong attention to detail
• Methodical in approach and able to present work in a logical, thought-out way such that it is easy for someone else to review
• Strong communication skills - both written and verbal
• Willingness to be proactive and to make suggestions

We are proud to be Level 1 Disability Confident and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.

Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or disability.