Trainee Finance Officer - Reporting
Posted 14 days 5 hours ago by BLUE OCTOPUS RECRUITMENT LTD
Permanent, Full Time (37 hours per week)
Looking to start or to maintain a successful career in finance, in a role that offers support towards a recognised accounting qualification? Our client is proud to be a trusted local employer providing a flexible working culture alongside great benefits, and real opportunities to grow.
Our client is now seeking a Trainee Finance Officer to join their financial reporting team and play a key role in managing our financial operations. The role will undertake tasks across a wide range of financial accounting systems, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Support operational budget holders with the monitoring of their budgets.
- Support the preparation of the management accounts, financial reports and month end analysis.
- Assist the budgeting and forecasting process.
- Assist with journals, systems administration and day-to-day finance transactions.
- Liaise with the Finance Admin team, processing and reconciling accruals and prepayments each month.
- Liaise with external auditors and suppliers.
We'd like you to
- Be ambitious, hardworking, conscientious and prepared to go the extra mile.
- Be well organised, resourceful and numerate, with good attention to detail.
- Ideally have an appropriate A-levels or a degree.
- Have experience of working with Microsoft packages, and AI.
- Can demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Our clients offers a collaborative and supportive working environment, with excellent opportunities for professional development and training
Closing Date: 9th January 2026.
We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.