Finance Officer

Your new company
Our client are a specialist educational business basedin Manchester City Centre, offering opportunities to students of allbackgrounds. They are seeking a Finance Officer to join the team.

Your new role
As the Finance Officer you will be responsible for;

• Efficientimplementation of accounting procedures.
• Checking andprocessing all purchase ledger invoices, expense claims, credit card purchases,petty cash, cheque runs (weekly), and BACS payments (twice per month).
• Raising all invoicesand posting to the Sales Ledger, cash handling, bank reconciliations, digitalVAT returns and year end procedures including accruals and pre-payments.
• Process journals, andhandle all aspects of income and expenditure for two entities
• Assist the FinanceManager with processing the year-end audit, and assist auditors with anyqueries.
• Solely responsible forthe Billing Ledger; creating and updating billing accounts; producing termlybills; distributing to parents, chasing fee payments in a timely manner, andreporting any problems to the manager

What you'll need to succeed
You will have:

• Previous experience in finance or accounting roles
• Experience processing invoices (Sales and Purchase)
• Experience with reconciling bank statements
• Experience in preparing for external audits
• Ability to work independently

What you'll get in return
Our client is offering a great salary package,enticing holiday package, a nurturing team with a strong emphasis on work-lifebalance. Centrally based close to public transport links.

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