Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant sought by a global, £multibillion plastics manufacturer with close to 200 locations worldwide.
 
The Role:
Reporting to the Financial Controller, as a Finance Assistant your responsibilities will include:

• Subsidiary accounting, involving a range of tasks from salaries, journals, accruals and prepayments, pension, reconciliations, TB, fixed assets and producing monthly accounts
• Subsidiary budgeting
• Cashflow forecasting
• VAT reconciliations
• Financial accounts reconciliations and processes (such as BS, PL & GRNI rec etc)
• Financial accounting general enquiries
• Audit assistance: year-end, interim and statutory audit, HMRC government audits and other audit requirements
• Year End reporting and other adhoc reporting requirements
• Annual stock check attendance
• Treasury cover: raising payments, inter-company netting, bank & group correspondence and bank reconciliations

The successful Finance Assistant will demonstrate:

• Self-driven, friendly & a positive disposition, with a clear focus on high quality and delivering results
• Accuracy, attention to detail, excellent organisation skills
• Actively participates in team work to ensure organisational goals are met
• The ability to prioritise own workload & multitask
• Previous accounting experience, AAT/CIMA/ACCA part-qualified or equivalent
• Computer literate in all MS Office applications
• Previous working knowledge of SAP and SAGE would be an advantage

Benefits:

• £23,900 - £30,000 depending on experience
• 32 days holidays including bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 2 years’ service 
• 50% hybrid over 2 week period after probation
• 37.5 hours per week
• Flexible hours (core hours 10am-3pm)
• Time off in lieu
• Pension scheme
• Access to benefits platform 
• Internal and external training & development courses available 
• Option to buy and sell holiday   
• Cycle to Work scheme 
• Onsite parking 
• Free flu jabs
• Health & wellbeing
• Enhanced paternity pay after 2 years
• Long service awards
• Employee assistance programme
• Internal training academy
• Access to external training and supported education
• Social culture and events

 
Finance Assistant
 
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
 
£23,900 - £30,000 depending on experience excellent benefits