Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant - Worcester (hybrid working)

As a key member of the Finance department team, your role involves providing support in various financial and administrative tasks, with a focus on maintaining cash management for the organisation and producing month end.

Key Responsibilities include:

1. Cash Management:

   • Maintain cash books
   • Post and accurately allocate cash receipts onto ledgers.
   • Prepare payment requests

2. Invoicing and Financial Operations:

   • Review information sources to collate and calculate data for invoicing.
   • Raise transactional commission sales orders for the Invoicing team.
   • Administer electronic data interchange (EDI) activities.

3. Financial Reporting and Reconciliation:

   • Complete month-end Bank and Balance Sheet reconciliations, investigating variances.
   • Produce and maintain KPI reporting for the team.
   • Support the finance and management accounts team with month-end closing processes.

4. Procurement and Cost Management:

   • Build a procurement process in the team, collaborating with business heads on budgeted costs.
   • Track and monitor costs, highlight contractual renewals, and challenge budget holders to drive down spend.

5. Audit and Collaboration:

   • Assist with the statutory audit process, including sample collation.
   • Collaborate with team members on shared responsibilities related to purchase ledger, purchasing admin, coding

Experience:

• Finance/administrative experience using a CRM/ERP system in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of accounts receivable, treasury, accounts payable, and credit control functions within a finance department.
• Experience with SAP accounting system (desirable but not essential).
• AAT level 2 (desirable)

Skills:

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy skills.
• Exceptional time management skills, with the ability to prioritize workloads.
• Use internal systems to analyse and understand accounts, invoicing, and system details.
• Product and service knowledge.
• Competent use of Microsoft Office, including proficient use of Microsoft Excel.
• High degree of numeracy.

The role offers hybrid working (3 days office/ 2 days from home.

If you have the relevant skills and experience then please apply!