Financials Assistant

Job Title: Finance Assistant
Location: Guildford (1 day on-site per week)
Salary/Rate: £250 per day inside IR35 (FTC/Perm available)
Start Date: Within 2 weeks
Job Type: Initial 12 week contract/permanent

Company Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a Finance Assistant to be responsible for all aspects of the purchase ledger as well as other finance related work. Reporting to the Financial Controller and working closely with the Management Accountant & AR Finance Assistant.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

• You will be responsible for maintaining the purchase ledger and supporting the finance team with supplier payments, reconciliations, and other day-to-day financial operations to ensure accurate and timely financial processing.
• Maintenance of the Purchase Ledger - ensuring all supplier invoices are matched to relevant purchase order, accurately coded and authorised by appropriate personnel in a timely manner
• Supplier payment runs twice a month, along with other adhoc credit card and bank payments
• Chase managers for supplier invoice approvals on regular basis
• Employee expense claim checking and processing
• Uploading monthly credit card statements and assisting with credit card where necessary eg payments etc
• Weekly Bank Reconciliation and closing banks for month-end
• Chasing timesheets submissions and approvals
• Monitoring finance inbox on daily basis
• Ensuring correct VAT codes application on purchase
• Monthly supplier statement reconciliation
• Other tasks as required from time to time

This list is not exhaustive and from time to time you may be required to undertake additional duties in order to support your studies & business.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Previous use of Netsuite as a CRM system
• Attention to detail and able to work to timetabled deadlines
• Able to carry out individual tasks, while working in a team setting
• Self-motivated and diligent in approach
• Confident with Microsoft Office including Word and Excel
• Desire to studying towards AAT qualifications

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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