Finance Assistant

Paying between £13 - £14 per hour, our client is recruiting a for a temporary Finance Assistant for approximately 8 weeks (up until Christmas). The role is predominantly office-based and working hours are 8.45am - 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9am - 4pm on a Friday.

The Role

The job's main purpose is to assist the finance team with the purchase ledger and invoicing.

Key accountabilities:

• Assist the finance team with purchase ledger, invoicing and a small amount of sales ledger
• Preparation and reconciliation of pre-payments and accruals
• Manual journal postings
• Downloading banking information off various systems
• Posting direct debits and remittances
• Raising and recharging invoices
• Daily processing of invoices and allocating to the payment run
• Monitoring emails in the finance inbox and managing accordingly

The Person

This will suit someone who is currently looking for a short-term role who has experience working within a finance department, specifically within accounts payable. You must have good Excel skills, be organised with good attention to detail and have exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal. The client is looking for someone who is available immediately (to start on the 28th October) and someone who can commit to the full ongoing assignment for continuity purposes. Experience of Xero Accounting would be advantageous but is by no means essential.

We are only able to consider applications from those who are eligible to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.