Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire

Salary: GBP22,500 - GBP26,000 per annum

Our client is recruiting for a Finance Assistant. This is a great opportunity to further develop your career within accounts, working for a friendly, profitable, and growing business.

The Role

This is an exciting role where the successful candidate will work closely alongside the Finance Manager, as well as being a pivotal support for all other teams within the business.

As Finance Assistant, you will be instrumental in providing a high-quality service to the rest of the team.

You will contribute to the high standard required of accounting practices within the finance function and play a key part in the delivery and assisting other departments to meet the company s needs.

• Supporting the Finance Manager as deemed necessary, including with provision of finance information to assist the business
• Responsibility for day-to-day credit control management and collection of customer debt
• Creating new customer and supplier accounts on Sage
• Processing sales orders on Sage
• Raising sales invoices and applications for payments
• Uploading invoices onto customer portals as required
• Raising purchase orders in Sage
• Inputting supplier invoices, validating nominal coding and matching POD s
• Processing bank/cash payments and receipts onto Sage
• Maintaining the Sage system with updates
• Processing of credit card expenses onto Excel and Sage
• Keeping product costs up to date on Sage
• Maintaining the sales orders spreadsheet
• Keeping the CRM system up to date
• Assist with general finance team duties, answering the telephone, filing, and dealing with enquiries both internally and externally

Skills and Qualifications

• AAT Level 2 minimum
• At least 2 years relevant recent experience within a company finance team
• Proven recent experience in credit control responsibility
• High level of competency with MS Office, notably Excel

Benefits

• Annual, non-contractual bonus for meeting company targets
• Regular training provided
• Company pension scheme
• 20 days holidays per year plus 8 bank holidays - rising by 1 day per year, to a maximum of 25, following completion of 2 full years service
• Full Christmas shutdown period
• Free parking on site
• Friendly team with regular social events

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, then please do not hesitate to apply.