Senior Finance Assistant

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Assistant who will manage the day to day functions of the finance department ensuring that all invoices are paid on time and that all payments due are received. Working in a small team, this is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Finance Assistant looking to take the next step in their career and join a growing company!

Key Responsibilities

• Processing all sales and purchase invoices on to the finance system
• Ensure that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner
• Ensure that all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable
• Ensure that accounts receivable are collected promptly
• Processing of bank transactions on to the finance system
• Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations are completed
• Ensure that required debt payments are made on a timely basis
• Maintain an orderly account filing system
• Issuing contract letters to customers upon certain triggered contract inception dates
• Maintaining the invoicing calculations and logs as well as raising customer invoices
• Issuing supplier ISO compliance documentation and updating the system supplier status as applicable
• Daily cashflow forecast updates using the template provided
• Sales order processing as required by your line manager
• Setting up and monitoring projects on the finance system
• Processing of timesheet entries on to the project system
• Updating Asana (replacement to the global database) in a timely manner
• Supplier and statutory payments as required
• Illness and absence cover where applicable for payroll and month end primary closure report extracts
• Support statutory reporting as required including VAT and payroll reports
• Collation of data as required for further analysis and review

Key Skills, Competencies & Experience

• AAT Level 3 qualified or above
• Good attention to detail and high numerical skills
• Up to date knowledge of PAYE legislation
• Experience using Sage payroll systems (desirable)
• Previous payroll/accounts experience (desirable)