Finance Assistant - 3 months

Accounts Assistant

Our north Herefordshire based client requires an Accounts Assistant to join them on a temporary basis – circa 3-month. The main purpose of this role will be to assist the Finance Manager with the smooth running of the reporting team. Manage tasks in such a way as to achieve accuracy and timeliness of data to inform month-end reporting. In addition to the dedicated tasks detailed below, assist with providing pastural care and technical support to the finance apprentices. 

What you can expect:

• Annual salary: £35’000
• Working hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 4.30pm - Monday - Friday
• 33 days holidays including bank holidays
• Temporary – 3 months
• Collaborative and Hardworking team

What you will be doing:

• Input daily banking information onto Dynamics, allocating customer payments to relevant sales invoices
• Support the payroll clerk with processing of weekly cash expense claims
• Raise sales invoices and send to relevant customers
• Manage invoices relating to company fleet vehicles ensure relevant authorisation of invoices
• Allocate invoices against DD payments and resolve queries.
• Liaise with the HR team to manage recovery of vehicle penalty notices from relevant employees in a timely manner.
• Liaise with the purchase ledger clerk to manage supplier BACS runs as well as ad-hoc bank payments and foreign currency payments
• Enter purchase ledger banking information, ensuring correct coding
• Provide a weekly cash flow analysis for the wider Finance team
• Undertake other ad-hoc tasks as necessary, including accrual journals, statement reconciliations, and order processing.
• To generally assist in the smooth running of the department and assist the financial manager as necessary

What we are looking for:

• Progressive and extensive finance/ accountancy experience within a similar role
• Prior management experience would be an advantage
• Relevant accounting qualifications essential
• Excellent IT skills, including all Microsoft Office programs
• Strong administrative skills, with the ability to multi-task in a busy environment, meet deadlines and maintain a high attention to detail
• Excellent communicator with internal and external stakeholders

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