Senior Finance Assistant

SENIOR FINANCE ASSISTANT

'Recruiting for your future success’

Senior Finance Assistant

£26-£28K DOE | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm | 20 days holiday plus BH | Birthday off | Free Parking | Wellness Programme | Learning and Development | Private Medical Insurance | Regular Social events | AAT Level 3 | Bookkeeping | Finance |

Our client is a dynamic, forward thinking claims outsourcing company, based in Colchester who are passionate about collaboration and communication. They believe in providing a seamless and modern experience for their customers and are looking for like-minded individuals to join their team as a Senior Finance Assistant.

The successful candidate will be an experienced Finance Assistant, ideally qualified to AAT Level 3, with a passion for finance, looking to work in a fast-paced, friendly and diverse team.

Our client is now on the lookout for a Senior Finance Assistant who will be responsible for assisting in the preparation of monthly accounts to provide the financial performance to the business.

Duties (include but are not limited to)

• Monthly operational & capital expenditure invoice processing and validation.
• Employee expense processing and validation.
• Communicate with suppliers, employees, management via telephone and email.
• Calculation and booking of revenues.
• Daily/Monthly bank reconciliation management.
• Assisting with monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assisting with the maintenance of the fixed asset register.
• Helping with VAT returns.
• Assisting with production of monthly management accounts and additional reporting.
• Supporting with payroll submissions and employee queries.

Person Specification

• Minimum of level 3 AAT qualified or at least 2 years industry experience.
• Good Excel Skills are essential.
• AAT Level 3 or above would be advantageous.
• Experience using Sage 50.
• Experience in multitasking with good attention to detail.
• Good time management to meet deadlines.
• Professional communication skills, written and oral.
• Capability of dealing with Confidential Information appropriately.
• Good IT skills with the ability to use bespoke systems and Microsoft.

Driving Licence required: No

DBS/criminal records check to be carried out by employer: Yes

LIGHTHOUSE PERSONNEL LTD ARE A RECRUITMENT AGENCY WORKING ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT.

PLEASE NOTE WE RECEIVE A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS PER VACANCY AND UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT RESPOND TO ALL APPLICANTS. THEREFORE, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US WITHIN A MONTH FROM APPLICATION DATE, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

If you have been successful, we will contact you by the phone and begin taking you through our step by step recruitment process, doing our utmost to ensure the role is right for you, ascertaining your suitability in the process. This process will all be explained on initial contact.

If you are interested in the role and have further questions, please don’t hesitate to speak to one of our team members confidentially.