Finance Assistant jobs in United Kingdom

Primary Objective Of Position:
To assist Payroll and Purchase Ledger Manager with managing payments across the group and support the purchase ledger department.

CONTRACTED HOURS: 40 hours (8.00am-4.30pm Mon-Fri)

ENVIRONMENT: Busy department within a manufacturing unit.

Key Responsibilities And Performance Measures:

1. Daily banking and updating cash sheets
2. Reconcile Sage daily
3. Preparing supplier payments
4. Process Ad-Hoc payments
5. Processing suppliers invoices
6. Coding of invoices, matching and price checking invoices to POs
7. Reconcile supplier accounts monthly
8. Interrogate and clear debit balances
9. Liaise with suppliers and internal managers
10. Monitor and reconcile purchases for supplier rebates
11. Complete KPIs
12. Support team where needed
13. General filing
14. Any ad hoc duties as required by line manager
15. And any other duties required to support the achievement of the Company’s objectives

Minimum Qualifications/Experience Required:

1. Experience in a similar role (essential)
2. Worked within purchase ledger team with high volume of transactions
3. General Accounting Experience (preferred)
4. Computer literate with strong experience of MS Excel (essential)
5. Accurate recording and classification of fixed assets (preferred)
6. Experience Of SAGE 50 (essential)

KEY BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:

1. Keen eye for detail
2. Good verbal and written communication skills
3. Be motivated and proactive
4. Able to work to strict deadlines
5. Adaptability to work and learn new accounting systems such as ODOO or EPICOR (essential)
6. Professionalism: having empathy for others' feelings, ideas, efforts and backgrounds.
7. Capacity to collaborate and work effectively with others towards a common goal, including sharing responsibility, providing support, and resolving conflicts constructively

Additional Skill Requirements:

1. Capable of working under pressure
2. Methodical
3. Able to multi-task

Entry level

Full-time

Finance