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Finance Assistant | London | £30,000 Plus Free Rail Travel and Final Salary Pension | Hybrid
The Opportunity
An Award-Winning Train Operator has a brand new requirement for an ambitious Finance Assistant, ready to grow a career within Finance. You will play a key role in processing shifts sheets for Train Station Staff members, during an exciting period of growth for this £million company.
Responsibilities:
- Process station and other shift sheets on a timely basis; prepare balance sheet reconciliations, tax analysis and run VAT reports for review
- Use the Datasys system to highlight areas that need to be investigated and followed up.
- Identify report and follow up missing shift sheets and other credit and debit items.
- Liaise with retail staff and line management regarding poor documentation and routine differences.
- Undertake checks over the station accounts ensuring the posting of items without debit and outstandings are appropriate. Monitor and comment on surplus / loss and substandard accounting.
- Highlight consistent problems to line managers and ensure local supervisory awareness
- Complete and balance personal input files and assist with the balance of any relevant summary books and files.
- Filing and documentation of records.
- Monitor the continuity of shift documents and ticket machine reports to ensure completeness and safeguard revenue.
- Undertake checks over the station accounts ensuring timely clearance of items without debit and outstandings and monitor surplus and loss recording.
- Undertake station audits.
- Complete balance sheet reconciliations accurately and in a timely manner, regularly questioning balances with the business partners and providing key areas for attention by the financial reporting manager.
- Complete the periodic VAT return workings for review and submission with HMRC.
- Complete periodic analysis of legal & consultancy costs for corporation tax purposes.
- Assist with uploading financial information to the company owning group systems.
- Support the finance function as and when required on a wide range of tasks such as accounts payable
- Complete ad hoc projects as requested by the Financial Reporting Manager.
The Candidate:
- Proficient with Excel
- Basic knowledge of accounting and be willing to study to obtain qualifications.
- Experience in station accounting or booking office work would be advantageous.
- Well organised with an ability to prioritise workloads.
Location:
London (hybrid -2 days in office)
Salary:
£30,000
- Final salary pension scheme.
- 33 days of annual leave, inclusive of public holidays.
- Free travel on their rail services and 75% discounted travel on other National Rail networks.
- Access to an online benefits portal, offering a variety of rewards and perks.
About Ford & Stanley Group
Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas - recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom.
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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.
