Finance & Payroll Assistant

Job Title: Finance & Payroll Assistant

Location: Blackpool

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time.

About us:

The Glasdon Group is a market leader in the design, marketing, and supply of award winning environmental and safety products. Our products have been helping make the world a cleaner, safer place to live for over 60 years.

About the role:

Are you looking for an exciting, challenging and rewarding long-term career opportunity?

If you have a genuine desire to succeed in a Finance role and wish to join a progressive company, with excellent development opportunities and benefits then look no further!

The successful candidate will be provided with full and comprehensive training.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Daily cashbook updates and reconciliation
• Processing purchase invoices
• Preparation of supplier payments
• Assistance with sales ledger
• Debt chasing
• Maintenance of control accounts
• Preparation of monthly and quarterly VAT returns
• Preparation of monthly intrastat declarations

Essential requirements:

• A confident person with good verbal and written communication skills
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Proficient with MS Office, Excel spreadsheets and accountancy software
• Organised, self-motivated, pro-active with the ability to multi-task
• The ability to accurately process data
• Excellent attention to detail
• Previous experience in payroll or account administration beneficial
• Willing to study towards and AAT qualification
• An effective team worker

Benefits:

• A competitive commencing salary plus target bonus
• Company car and expenses
• 33 days annual leave
• Flexible annual leave
• Comprehensive training programmes
• Company Final Salary Pension scheme after a minimum of two years' service
• Life insurance after a minimum of two years' service
• Pension through NEST within 3 months of start date
• Cycle to Work Scheme (subject to minimum criteria)
• Hybrid Working (subject to minimum criteria)
• Long Service Awards
• Private health care scheme after a minimum of one years' service
• Cashback plan for dental care, eyecare, prescriptions, physiotherapy and more
• Subsidised on-site Café / social space
• Team building
• Paid charity days and company events
• Relocation Support

Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role.

Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Accounting, Numeracy, Maths, Analytics, Accounts, Finance, Purchase Orders, Expenses, Currency, Reconciliations, Banking, Payroll, Credit Control, Fixed Assets, Statutory Accounts, Auditing, Budgets, Statements, Figures, Liabilities, Assets, Cash Flows, Balance Sheets, SAGE, Excel, Outlook, MS Office, Spreadsheets and AAT may also be considered for this role.