Finance Assistant

Job Description

Our client is a reputable company based in Banbury, specialising within the finance sector, whose brand is flourishing. Due to a team expansion, they are now looking to acquire the services of an experienced Finance Assistant to work within the Finance team, reporting directly to the Management Accountant. This is a brilliant opportunity, which would suit a capable individual, who is looking for to work for a fast-growing, friendly, and ambitious team, with a fantastic foundation to advance their career.

Main Responsibilities:

• Assisting with the day-to-day running of the purchase and sales ledger and month-end activities.
• Assisting the Assistant Management Accountant and Management Accountant with month-end routines and ad hoc tasks.
• Processing finance inbox and dealing with queries.
• Posting of purchase invoices for the group involving multiple currencies.
• Maintaining the purchase order system for the group.
• Reviewing and posting sales invoices to be raised for the group and liaising with the relevant Account Executive and checking information to the CRM system.
• Weekly credit card reconciliations, posting monthly staff expenses.
• Monthly reconciliation of supplier accounts and dealing with queries.
• Assisting with weekly payment run.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders.

Key Skills & Experience:

• AAT Accounting qualified level 3 or accounting degree.
• Experience within a finance function of a small business or general ledger role.
• Good knowledge of double entry and financial statements.
• Intermediate level Excel skills (including VLOOKUPs and pivot tables) and general IT skills.
• Ability to work under pressure during busy periods.
• Effective communicator and attention to detail.
• Microsoft 365 (MS Word, MS Excel).
• Experience of Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics Business Central desirable.

Additional Information:

• Working hours are Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm with an hour paid lunch break.
• Hybrid role with 1-2 days in the office per week.
• 23 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Private health insurance.
• Employer pension contributions.
• Study support package.

If you would like to apply for this opportunity, please submit an up-to-date CV including details about your current or most recent salary and your availability/notice period. You can also call Emily Lewis on 01926 699275 for a discreet and confidential discussion about the role. Alternatively, click on the link and go to my contact information https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-lewis-82b782133/.