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Finance Assistant

Grafton Banks Limited
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Brighton, East Sussex BN1 8EG, England

Salary

£22,000 - £26,400 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • Grafton Banks Finance is seeking a Finance Assistant for a full-time permanent position in Brighton, East Sussex.
  • The role involves a hybrid work model, requiring 3 days in the office and 2 days from home, with responsibilities including processing invoices and bank reconciliations.
  • Candidates should have 1-2 years of proven practical experience in finance and be proficient in various software, particularly Excel.
  • The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package, rewarding the successful candidate for their experience.
  • Strong time management, teamwork, and communication skills are essential for interacting with both finance and non-finance professionals.

Grafton Banks Finance are working with a rapidly growing commercial company with offices in Brighton, East Sussex area to recruit a Finance Assistant on a full time permanent basis. Working 3 days in office and 2 days from home you will be reporting into the Senior Management Accountant and working in a small friendly busy finance function.

Duties and Responsibilities will include:

  • Processing sales ledger invoices
  • Reconciling payments and maintaining a clean sales ledger
  • Importing bank statements into accounting system daily
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Processing purchase ledger invoices and checking back to purchase orders
  • Preparing weekly payment runs for suppliers
  • Setting up bank transactions such as transfers and payments for expense claims and one-off purchases
  • Supporting the Management accountant in the month end processes, including journal preparation, intercompany postings on the finance system and reconciliation of some control accounts
  • Accuracy of accounts payable including invoice processing, supplier statement reconciliations and assisting in the preparation of supplier pay run.
  • Assisting with Accounts Receivable cash postings, allocations, refunds, reconciliations and answering sales related queries
  • Ensuring completeness and accuracy of invoices matched to purchase orders in the purchasing system
  • Revenue reporting.
  • Process and control improvement and ad-hoc projects.
  • Assisting with the Accounting Team email group
  • Assist with the preparation of the month end accounts
  • Posting of journals
  • Year-end audit files
  • Bank postings and reconciliations
  • Ad hoc duties as and when required

The successful candidate will have at least 1-2 years proven practical experience within finance and be comfortable across a range of software's including Excel. The role will be hybrid 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home. Working in a small friendly busy finance time, it is essential that you have good time management, able to work well in a team and sole charge and be able to manage tight deadlines, alongside excellent communication skills to be able to work with both finance and non-finance professionals. For your experience you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and benefits package.

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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.