Finance Assistant

Service Care Solutions - Legal

Posted 13 hours ago, valid for 15 days

Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire FY8 3RG, England

£20,000 - £24,000 per annum

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The Finance Assistant position is a permanent role based in Lytham St Annes, offering a salary of £23,450 per annum plus additional compensation based on experience.
The job requires inputting transactions for Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger, and Cash Book, as well as making payments and ensuring compliance with procedures.
Candidates should have GCSE passes in Maths and English, bookkeeping experience, and preferably an AAT qualification, along with strong Excel skills and good communication abilities.
The role involves maintaining relationships with customers and suppliers, resolving complaints, and supporting month-end processes like bank reconciliations and VAT reconciliations.
Applicants should ideally have some prior experience in accounting, and Service Care Solutions offers a £250 referral bonus for successful placements.

Finance AssistantAccountancy ServiceLytham St AnnesMonday to Friday 09:00-17:00 (37.5 Hours per week)Permanent Role £23,450pa+ Dependent on ExperienceKey Responsibilities

Inputting Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger and Cash Book transactions on a timely basis to assist with the monthly production of the management accounts.
Making payments via BACs and taking over the phone card payments, carried out by following procedures to ensure compliance and mitigate risk to the business.
Proactively liaising with customers and suppliers to ensure ledgers are accurate and issues are addressed, communicating via telephone, email, and face to face meetings
Resolve any complaints and service issues quickly to the satisfaction of the customer ensuring that business retained, and customer loyalty is strengthened.
Maintain strong working relationships with other teams to foster an environment that strengthens the core and continuously improves.
Proactively challenge working practices to enable delivery of a service that is customer focused and adds value.
Develop self and suggest improvements to the service you deliver by gaining knowledge through continued professional development provided by the company.
Excel based calculations and monitoring of items such as agency rebates and referral awards.
Support with Intercompany and VAT reconciliations as part of month end processes.
Support with bank reconciliations.
Take ownership of one set of small company accounts to develop commercial awareness and accounting rules

What Skills are required

GCSE standard passes including Maths and English, or equivalent.
Book- keeping and Ledger experience an advantage.
AAT qualification an advantage.
Experience with accounting software is an advantage
Strong Excel skills
Attention to detail essential
Good communication skills
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.If this role is of interest, please just respond to this advert with an up to date copy of your CV or call Jake on

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