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Finance Assistant

Service Care Legal
Posted 13 hours ago, valid for 15 days
Location

Lytham, Lancashire FY8, England

Salary

£23,450 - £25,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Finance Assistant position is a permanent role based in Lytham St Annes, offering a salary of £23,450 per annum plus additional compensation depending on experience.
  • The role requires inputting financial transactions, making payments, and maintaining accurate ledgers while ensuring compliance and customer satisfaction.
  • Candidates should have GCSE standard passes in Maths and English, with bookkeeping and ledger experience being advantageous, along with strong Excel skills.
  • The ideal applicant should possess good communication and organizational skills, as well as the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
  • Experience with accounting software and an AAT qualification are preferred, and the position requires a proactive approach to continuous professional development.

Finance Assistant
Accountancy Service
Lytham St Annes
Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00 (37.5 Hours per week)
Permanent Role
23,450pa+ Dependent on Experience

Key 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 (phone number removed)

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