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A welcoming SME is looking for a Finance Assistant to join their team on an ongoing temporary basis with the potential of a permanent position for the right person.
Accountable to the Income Supervisor the successful candidate will ensure that all income received into the business is correctly recorded.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure that cash, cheques, vouchers and credit card receipts are sorted, coded and entered in both the System and Exchequer in accordance with company policy.
- Set up and maintain records as appropriate..
- Download and sort the main bank statements on an agreed frequency (daily / weekly) in the absence of the Online Income Finance Assistant.
- Monitor and reconcile voucher, credit card and float accounts on a regular basis.
- Ensure that cash is always stored securely. Obscure all credit card information once payment has been processed.
- Assist with the post ensuring it is sorted, opened and distributed in accordance with company policy.
- Provide absence cover for purchase and sales ledger activities and other members of the income team.
- Ensure that all cash and cheques are prepared for collection by cash handling company.
- Audit petty cash receipts on a sample basis. Report monthly results to the Income Supervisor.
Experience and Skills Requirements:
- Proficient Accounts Assistant with experience of working in SMEs
- Accomplished at entering data into accounting and other business systems with a high degree of accuracy
- Familiar with the import and export of data from software packages
- Good attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to interface with all levels of staff and volunteers
- Qualified bookkeeper or AAT studier, or sound experience of working on accounting ledgers with a good understanding of the double entry system
- GCSE Maths grade C or above
- Good spoken and written English
- Experience of working on accounting system(s): Microsoft Business Central / Exchequer / Sage / similar
- Familiar with a variety of business systems and quick to learn new systems
- Competent with Excel (sorting, totals, filters and similar functions) and familiar with Outlook / similar e-mail package
- Car driver due to the location of the office
If you have not been contacted within 5 working days, then unfortunately on this occasion your CV has not been shortlisted.
