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Finance Assistant

Mainstay Industrial
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 5 days
Location

Preston, Lancashire PR1 2QT, England

Salary

£24,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Mainstay Recruitment is seeking a Finance Assistant for a full-time, 12-month fixed-term contract based in Preston with hybrid working arrangements.
  • The role involves working in the office up to three days a week, focusing on the allocation of costs related to construction and maintenance projects.
  • Candidates must have previous experience in finance, ideally in accounts payable or receivable, and possess strong IT skills, particularly in Excel.
  • The position offers a salary of £25,000 per year and requires candidates to pass SC Clearance due to vetting requirements.
  • Additional benefits include a contributory pension scheme, 25 days of annual leave, and various employee discounts and rewards.
Contract Type:Full Time, 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Preston - Hybrid working - 3 days in office
Working Hours: 08:00 - 16:30 - Monday - Friday
Salary:£25,000 per year

Mainstay Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant for a hybrid role based in Preston. You will be working in the office up to 3 times a week to support the business with the allocation of the construction and maintenance project cost of sales and any other related tasks.

Duties of the role include:
  • Payment reconciliations,
  • Schedules and preparing further analysis,
  • resolve unallocated and cancelled transactions or costs,
  • validating the accuracy of ledger postings to ensure they are coded correctly,
  • ensuring all project schedules are updated regularly,preparing journals to clear down incorrectly posted costs

Candidate Requirements
  • Excellent IT skills, with experience in manipulating, handling, and allocating large sets of data.
  • Previous experience working in finance is essential, ideally in accounts payable or accounts receivable.
  • You will need to be a strong user of excel and able to manipulate complex data concisely
  • You must have excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships at all levels, whilst managing a large workload and working to deadlines.
  • It is desirable that you have experience using SAP systems and interfaces valuable, although you will need to be IT literate
  • Due to the vetting requirements candidates must be able to pass SC Clearance.
Package
  • Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
  • 25 Days annual leave
  • Volunteer leave
  • One paid professional subscription
  • Life Assurance Policy
  • Employee discount and reward schemes

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