Senior Finance Assistant

Senior Finance Assistant
Shepton Mallet, Somerset

About Us

Established in 1969, Burton Sweet are a leading provider of accounting, personal tax and business support services. We are passionate about delivering a high-quality service to our client base which includes individuals and businesses, from start-ups to well-established group practices.

It’s an exciting time to be joining us as we’re expanding our Bookkeeping Team and are on the lookout for an ambitious Senior Finance Assistant to join our team on a full-time basis working 35 hours per week. However, we are also open to considering part-time applications, working a minimum of 25 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of up to £25,000 DOE (pro rata for part-time)
- 4% pension contribution
- Private health insurance
- Free parking
- Holiday allowance (increasing by up to five days with time served)

If you are AAT qualified, are training towards your qualification or have experience in bookkeeping, this is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career with our well-established firm.

When you join us, you’ll discover we’re eager to support your professional development and are more than happy to discuss various training options within the role, so you have the tools you need to succeed, learn and reach your career goals.

What’s more, with our base in Shepton Mallett, you’ll be surrounded by the picturesque scenery of beautiful Somerset countryside and will benefit from a brilliant rewards package. Interested? Then apply today!

The Role

As a Senior Finance Assistant, you will support our Finance Team with a broad range of activities, ensuring the department runs smoothly and our clients receive a friendly and helpful service.

This varied role will see you work as part of a collaborative team, taking ownership of yours and others’ workloads, completing tasks accurately and in a timely manner, with customer satisfaction as a top priority.

You will help clients with their bookkeeping queries, make supplier payments and produce management accounts. You will also manage the sales and purchase ledgers, the supplier ledger and enter purchase invoices.

Additionally, in this role you will:

- Calculate and prepare month end management account adjustments and journals
- Complete bank reconciliations and control accounts
- Undertake VAT return preparation work
- Provide cloud software training

About You

To join us as a Senior Finance Assistant, you will need:

- An AAT qualification or be training towards one, possess equivalent knowledge or have experience of bookkeeping processes
- Good interpersonal skills with a professional nature
- Excellent attention to detail
- A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook

Experience of using Xero, Quickbooks online or Sage 50 would be beneficial to your application, as would knowledge of purchase invoice automation software.

Other organisations may call this role Accounts Assistant, Accounts Technician, Bookkeeper, Accountancy Assistant, Finance Administrator, Ledger Assistant, Finance Clerk, Accountancy Clerk, Accounts Clerk, Purchase Ledger Clerk, or Sales Ledger Clerk.

Webrecruit and Burton Sweet are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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