Finance Assistant

Location: Uttoxeter

Hours: Monday to Thursday (part time – 24 – 30 hours a week)

Hourly rate: £13.12 per hour

The role:

Our client is seeking a Finance Administrator to join their Finance team on a part-time basis. This is a fantastic opportunity to work closely with the Finance Manager and another Finance Assistant, ensuring the smooth operation of all finance-related matters.

The primary responsibility of the role is to provide effective and efficient financial and administrative support to the team, while also contributing to the delivery of high-quality customer service, both internally and externally.

Main duties:

• Record Sales Ledger entries from source documents and generate and distribute customer statements
• Follow credit control procedures to ensure timely payment of customer account balances
• Process customer receipts and reconcile customer accounts
• Process supplier invoices, reconcile supplier statements, and resolve supplier queries
• Prepare and distribute supplier remittance advices
• Provide administrative support including scanning, filing, data entry, answering calls, and handling incoming mail
• Actively seek opportunities to enhance the efficiency and quality of financial processes
• Communicate with customers and suppliers by phone and email, maintaining high levels of customer service
• Perform bank postings and daily bank reconciliations
• Record daily turnover to assist with variance analysis
• Complete credit applications and conduct credit checks for new customers
• Process payment runs
• Support company sustainability efforts by recording carbon monitoring data
• Manage and reconcile petty cash

About you:

• Experience using accounting software
• AAT qualification or part-qualified status is desirable
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, either through relevant experience or studying for an accounting qualification
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) at an intermediate level, with knowledge of lookups and pivot tables preferred
• Ability to input accounting data into the system quickly and accurately
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Confident, resourceful, and proactive
• Ability to work well within a team in a busy office environment, maintaining focus and high concentration levels
• Strong time management skills with the ability to effectively manage and prioritize workload
• Willingness to take responsibility and use initiative when necessary
• Flexible and adaptable to changes in procedures and practices, eager to improve skills
• Willing to take on additional tasks as required with a flexible attitude

Benefits:

• Part time – 24-30 hours per week
• Wide range of employee perks
• A commitment to equality and safety of all employees
• Pension scheme

Interested? Call Meg on 01782 712230 or email MegW@kpir.co.uk

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