Finance Assistant

• Location: Hockerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire
• Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Job Description

Finance Assistant
Full Time, Permanent, Outskirts of Newark/Mansfield
Up to £26,000 DOE

Our award-winning Nottinghamshire-based client is looking for a Finance Assistant to provide high-quality service to the rest of their team and work closely alongside the Finance Manager and Finance Director.

THE ROLE

As a Finance Assistant, you will be instrumental to the smooth operation of the business, ensuring purchase orders are raised, customer invoices are created and sent in a timely manner, and supplier invoices are processed and approved for payment. Your key duties will be:

• Responsibility for day-to-day credit control management and collection of customer debt
• Creating new customer and supplier accounts onto Sage
• Raising invoices and purchase orders
• Uploading invoices onto customer portals
• Inputting supplier invoices, coding and matching POD’s
• Promptly raising Sales Invoices and applications for payments upon completion of work
• Processing of credit card expenses onto Excel and Sage
• Keeping the order book up to date and keeping product costs up to date on Sage
• Any other duties relating to the finances of the company that may be required
• Support team members to complete any tasks as required from time to time

THE CANDIDATE

The ideal Finance Assistant will be able to demonstrate the following:

• At least 2 years relevant recent experience within a company finance team
• Proven recent experience in credit control responsibility
• High level of competency in MS Office
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Independence and self-reliance
• Enthusiastic and hardworking attitude
• Ability to think on your feet and be self-motivated
• A team player
• Organised and methodical, with attention to detail
• AAT or ACCA Level 2 minimum
• Experience using a CRM System
• Knowledge of CIS and DRC

THE BENEFITS

As a valued Finance Assistant, you will receive:

• Free parking on site
• 20 days holidays plus 8 bank holidays - increasing with length of service
• Annual, non-contractual bonus for meeting company targets
• Regular training provided
• Friendly team with regular social events
• Full Christmas shutdown period