Finance Assistant

To be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Accounts Payable control accounts, the cashbooks and the CIS Returns for three operational businesses, to represent the company to third parties and liaise with multiple functions within the organisation to ensure an efficient cash payment process, to be responsible for the management accounts for one operational business, adherence to reporting deadlines and the continuous improvement of Finance processes.

• Accurate and timely processing of invoices (and associated internal processes) for three operational businesses (Accounts Payable).
• Timely resolution of invoice queries, working and communicating with both internal and external customers / suppliers / stakeholders, to ensure that payments are made in line with contractual requirements.
• Accurate and timely processing of Accounts Receivables invoices (and associated internal processes) for one operational business.
• Maintenance and reconciliation of the control accounts / sub ledgers to ensure all entries are relevant, accurate and recent.
• Reconciliation and submission of Monthly CIS Returns.
• Master Data management within the ERP systems (including maintenance of customer / supplier accounts, credit terms etc.) and responsibility for ensuring business adherence to formal processes.
• Employee expense processing and payment.
• Day to day processing, reconciliation, and management / forecasting of the cash movements out of the business, with appropriate approvals as per company policy.
• Day-to-day administration of the E-Banking system, including bank reconciliations within the ERP systems where appropriate.
• Monthly preparation and communication of KPIs to aid decision making inside and outside the Finance Department.
• Support External and Internal audit processes as required.
• Support the Finance department process improvement projects.
• Provide holiday / absence cover for other team members on other operational units.
• Ad-hoc projects as required.

Qualifications / Experience

• 3+ years’ experience of working in a Finance Function
• AAT an advantage

Skills

• Demonstrates accountability for own actions
• Confident in own ability and therefore dealing with others
• High level of communication skills
• Open & transparent in all relationships
• Exhibits discretion and confidentiality in all situations
• Flexible approach
• Professional
• Organised
• Deadline aware
• Results driven

Knowledge

• IT/Computer literacy – competent use of Excel & ERP system
• Knowledge of Finance function and associated roles

BRUSH Group provide agile and adaptive engineering solutions and products, including consultancy services, design, and project management as well as award-winning product technology, to a wide range of projects.

A chosen partner for national and regional power generation and distribution network operators, through innovation and a commitment to delivering solutions that address grid-resilience and drive system change, we support the global drive to net-zero, helping create a future-proof Infrastructure.