Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

Reports to: Management Accounts Assistant

About the Role: Join our Finance Team and help us out during a maternity leave! You'll be handling the day-to-day management of the sales ledger and helping with the purchase ledger. You'll also support other areas as needed. We're a busy team of seven in Finance, Facilities, HR, and IT, and we're looking for someone motivated and enthusiastic to join us.

What You'll Do:

• Post cash and reconcile the bank
• Keep the cashflow forecast updated
• Raise invoices and send out statements
• Manage aged debtors and follow credit control processes
• Match invoices to purchase orders and process them in Sage
• Resolve invoice queries with clients and suppliers
• Make ad-hoc payments and pay proforma invoices
• Manage aged creditors and payments on account
• Handle company credit cards, matching purchase orders and supplier invoices to statements
• Process weekly expenses
• Manage purchasing card balances for the styling team, create purchase orders, and audit receipts
• Process weekly and monthly payment runs
• Prepare monthly payroll
• Post monthly wages journal and reconcile key balance sheet codes
• Provide holiday cover for Facilities (hotel bookings, vehicles, orders, etc.)
• Help produce monthly management information as needed

About You:Must-Have Skills:

• Experience with Microsoft Office
• Familiarity with accounting software (preferably Sage 50)
• Experience in a similar finance role
• Good with numbers
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Good organizational skills and ability to prioritize
• Able to work independently and confidentially
• Can handle pressure

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Builds positive working relationships
• Communicates positively
• Shares ideas and information
• Takes pride in team achievements
• Takes ownership and accountability
• Self-motivated and driven to achieve results
• Critical thinker and problem solver
• Inquisitive nature