Finance Assistant
About the company
Astute Recruitment are working with an established business in Derby to recruit a Finance Assistant on a permanent basis. Working closely with the Financial Controller, this is a varied role offering the opportunity to develop beyond transactional finance, gaining exposure to month-end, management accounts, financial reporting, stock and costings.
Your tasks
The Role Will Involve
- Assisting with month-end and the preparation of management accounts
- Preparing journals and completing balance sheet reconciliations
- Analysing financial information and investigating variances
- Supporting stock reconciliations, valuations and costings
- Reviewing costs and helping identify discrepancies
- Processing Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger transactions
- Managing supplier reconciliations, customer queries and credit control
- Maintaining accurate financial records and supporting the Financial Controller with wider accounting projects
Requirements
The Ideal Candidate
- Previous experience in an accounts or finance role
- Good understanding of core accounting principles, including Purchase and Sales Ledger
- Keen to develop technical accounting skills across month-end, management accounts and costings
- Strong Excel, analytical and problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail and good organisational skills
- Proactive approach with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
What we offer
Benefits & Hours
- Salary up to £29,000 depending on experience
- 37.5-hour working week with flexibility around core hours
- Monday to Thursday core hours of 9:30am - 4:30pm, with a 1:00pm Friday finish, provided contracted hours are completed
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Christmas shutdown
- Pension contributions increasing with length of service
- Company bonus scheme eligibility after 12 months
- Wellbeing benefit after successful completion of probation