Finance Assistant

We are currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join a well established company based on the outskirts of Leighton Buzzard. Please note, due to the company location, a driving licence is required and there are no public transport links nearby.

Please note, this position is FULLY office based, with NO remote working. The standard working hours are 09:00 - 17:00, Monday to Friday.

Description:

To work as part of the Operational Finance team, providing proactive assistance and support with all accounting processes, including payment processing, reconciliation of accounts and accounting administration.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Download statements from Bankline on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.
• Correctly code all entries and post to the ledgers. Report on the ledger balance showing the breakdown of all reconciling items.
• On a daily basis post all receipts to the ledgers and prepare manual banking when received.
• Complete weekly/monthly control accounts and balance sheet reconciliations. Follow up on errors and differences with investigation and report findings to the line manager.
• Purchase Ledger - Register and process supplier invoices checking key data is correct. Contact suppliers with any errors found and make the necessary corrections. Reconcile Supplier Statements and take the appropriate action for any discrepancies found. Monitor monthly timescales for purchase invoices received from internal departments. Liaise with department heads and follow up on delays.
• To assist with the preparation and processing of recharges including raising invoices between entities.
• Administer intercompany transactions and reconciliations. Prepare and post journals as required.
• Process payment runs for Suppliers, raise ad-hoc payments on bankline including inter-entity payments.
• Sales Ledger - Post monies received to the customer accounts. Raise invoices and journals as requested, compile weekly/monthly debtors reports for the businesses. Follow up on debtors on a regular basis.
• Process daily sales income for the businesses, resolving queries and discrepancies. To prepare and process rent runs. To process tenant and other income, maintaining direct debit information and process direct debit collections.
• To assist with KPI and weekly reporting as required.
• Raise payments to the businesses to replenish their petty cash floats. Validate and journal all petty cash receipts before posting to the ledger.
• Assist with general duties of the office such as opening the post, stationery ordering, general filing and archiving duties.
• To ensure account queries are resolved promptly in a professional manner.
• To comply with any reasonable requests issued by managers of the Finance Team.
• Changes in the business may occasionally require alterations in this job description and these will be agreed with the post holder as appropriate.

Skills Required:

• Previous knowledge of purchase ledger and sales ledger.
• Knowledge of processing bank reconciliations.
• Broad knowledge and confident in using MS Excel.