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Finance Officer

Sewell Wallis
Posted 7 days ago, valid for 16 days
Location

Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 1XY, England

Salary

£32,000 - £38,400 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • Sewell Wallis is seeking a Finance Officer for a dynamic business in Barnsley, offering a permanent position.
  • The role involves managing payroll processes, invoicing, and purchase ledger functions using Sage 50 Payroll.
  • Candidates should have prior experience in a finance department and ideally hold AAT Level 2 or Sage Payroll accreditation.
  • The position offers a salary of £25,000 to £30,000 and requires at least 2 years of relevant experience.
  • Additional benefits include hybrid working, a company pension scheme, and 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.

Sewell Wallis are delighted to be working with a dynamic, growing business based in Barnsley who are looking for a Finance Officer to join their team on a permanent basis.The successful candidate will offer a comprehensive payroll, sales ledger and purchase ledger service and will be play a pivotal part to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the finance function.

What will you be doing?

  • Take ownership of payroll processes, ensuring all employee timesheets are validated, processed, and reconciled accurately using Sage 50 Payroll. This includes new starters, leavers, statutory payments, and handling queries.
  • Manage invoicing for a wide range of customers, ensuring prompt payment and resolving queries
  • Maintain accurate records, process remittances, and generate customer statements and debtor reports.
  • Oversee purchase ledger functions, ensuring best value for contract renewals.
  • Reconcile expected and received billings.
  • Support the finance team with bank transaction processing, petty cash management
  • Play a key part in regular system reviews and assist in driving process improvements.

What skills are we looking for?

  • Proficient in Sage 50 Payroll and Accounts
  • Strong literacy, numeracy, and PC skills (intermediate Excel proficiency).
  • Prior experience in a finance department.
  • AAT Level 2 or Sage Payroll accreditation is a plus.

What's on offer?

  • Hybrid working.
  • Company pension scheme.
  • 25 days annual leave and bank holidays.
  • On-site parking

Send us your CV below, or contact Lawrie Bacon for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.