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Finance Assistant

Journey recruitment
Posted 2 days ago, valid for a day
Location

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 4HS, England

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance

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  • This Finance Assistant role offers an exciting opportunity within a well-established environment, primarily working remotely with just one day in the office each week.
  • The position comes with a salary range of £27,000-£29,500 and includes fantastic benefits such as sick pay, a pension scheme, and a discretionary annual bonus.
  • Candidates should have experience in maintaining purchase and sales ledgers, with a desirable background in cashbook and bank reconciliation.
  • The role is an initial 6-month fixed-term contract with the potential for permanent employment, located near High Wycombe, Bucks.
  • To apply, candidates should ideally be studying AAT and possess good PC skills, analytical thinking, and a customer-focused mindset.

Are you looking for an exciting Finance Assistant role within a fantastic, well-established environment. Then this Finance Assistant role could be the perfect role for you. Our wonderful client are looking for a precise and dedicated Finance Assistant to join their team.

This role is mostly remote, with just one day a week in the office! The salary on offer is £27,000-£29,500 with some fantastic benefits. This role is an initial 6-month FTC with the potential to go permanent.

The role is located near High Wycombe, Bucks

What will I be doing in the Finance Assistant role?

Purchase Ledger:

  • Enter invoices via OCR, verify coding, authorisation, and match to purchase orders.
  • Reconcile supplier statements and prepare BACS payments for bank import.
  • Monitor payment terms, ensure prompt payments and credit usage.
  • Conduct supplier credit checks and process employee/volunteer expenses.

Purchase Orders:

  • Assist with the purchase order system and resolve related queries.
  • Train staff on raising purchase orders and match invoices to orders within tolerances.

Sales Ledger:

  • Allocate client cash, raise credit notes/refunds, and chase overdue balances.
  • Issue customer statements.

Audits:

  • Support internal/external auditors with purchase and sales ledger data, documents, and analysis.
  • Answer audit questions and provide requested details.

Filing:

  • Maintain organised electronic files for easy audit and retrieval.

General:

  • Manage Finance & Purchase Ledger inboxes.
  • Provide team support and assist with ad-hoc projects as needed.

What skills and experience are needed for the Finance Assistant role:

  • Studying an AAT (desirable).
  • Experience of maintaining purchase ledgers and sales ledgers
  • Cashbook / bank reconciliation (desirable)
  • Good PC skills including Word, Excel as well as IT packages relevant to the role
  • Good level of numeracy skills
  • Analytical thinking skills
  • Resilience and customer focused

Benefits for this fantastic role:

  • Great working hours with a 35-hour week and 4 days from home
  • Sick pay
  • Pension scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • One day paid volunteering a year
  • Free parking on site.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Discretionary annual bonus

If this Finance Assistant role sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, please apply today!

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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.