Finance Assistant - Journey recruitment : Job Details

Are you looking for an exciting Finance Assistant role within a fantastic, well-established environment. Then this Finance Assistant role could be the perfect role for you. Our wonderful client are looking for a precise and dedicated Finance Assistant to join their team.

This role is mostly remote, with just one day a week in the office! The salary on offer is £27,000-£29,500 with some fantastic benefits. This role is an initial 6-month FTC with the potential to go permanent.

The role is located near High Wycombe, Bucks

What will I be doing in the Finance Assistant role?

Purchase Ledger:

• Enter invoices via OCR, verify coding, authorisation, and match to purchase orders.
• Reconcile supplier statements and prepare BACS payments for bank import.
• Monitor payment terms, ensure prompt payments and credit usage.
• Conduct supplier credit checks and process employee/volunteer expenses.

Purchase Orders:

• Assist with the purchase order system and resolve related queries.
• Train staff on raising purchase orders and match invoices to orders within tolerances.

Sales Ledger:

• Allocate client cash, raise credit notes/refunds, and chase overdue balances.
• Issue customer statements.

Audits:

• Support internal/external auditors with purchase and sales ledger data, documents, and analysis.
• Answer audit questions and provide requested details.

Filing:

• Maintain organised electronic files for easy audit and retrieval.

General:

• Manage Finance & Purchase Ledger inboxes.
• Provide team support and assist with ad-hoc projects as needed.

What skills and experience are needed for the Finance Assistant role:

• Studying an AAT (desirable).
• Experience of maintaining purchase ledgers and sales ledgers
• Cashbook / bank reconciliation (desirable)
• Good PC skills including Word, Excel as well as IT packages relevant to the role
• Good level of numeracy skills
• Analytical thinking skills
• Resilience and customer focused

If this Finance Assistant role sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, please apply today!