TerraQuest – Planning Portal Role: Senior Finance Assistant Location: Bristol office - in line with our Agile Working Policy. You will need to be able to work from our Bristol office 2 days per week. Salary: Competitive Who we are TerraQuest Solutions Ltd is an award-winning and market-leading specialist provider of planning, land, property, and business solutions. We are an established and trusted organisation that is renowned for its expertise in providing innovative and cost-effective solutions to both public and private sectors. Our team delivers bespoke, flexible, and efficient services through a process-orientated delivery structure. We pride ourselves on strong customer relationships evidenced by the high proportion of referrals and repeat business. Why work with us… We are a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer, committed to supporting the well-being and development of all our people. With competitive salaries, enhanced Family Friendly policies; a fabulous suite of benefits (including: Pension; Life Assurance; Employee Assistance Programme; option to buy additional annual leave in addition to 25 days plus Bank Holidays); true flexibility with our Agile Working approach, and superb training and development opportunities, we really care about our team! What we need We are looking to recruit a Senior Finance Assistant to join our Planning Portal Team. The Senior Finance Assistant will be a key member of the Finance team at PPQ, with responsibility for the execution of tasks as directed by PPQ Finance Manager. The Senior Finance Assistant will be responsible for assisting the PPQ Finance Manager with all finance transactions entered into the accounting system ensuring they are done in a timely and accurate manner. What you will be doing… Overall responsibility for the integrity of the Purchase Ledger Setting up new vendor accounts Processing of purchase invoices and credit notes Reconciliation to vendor statements received Set up all vendor, expenses and other payments on the Bank, and in accordance with any instructions from Management Acct. and CFO in regard to value dates and speed of payments and request and monitor approvals on the Bank. Enter all payments into BC Process all bank entries daily from the Bank Statement onto BC Reconcile the Bank at the month-end Assist with other accounting entries, month end journals, analyses, audit, budget and ad hoc projects as requested by PPQ Finance Manager or CFO especially around month-end and annual cycles. What we are looking for… The ideal candidate will have worked for over 2 years within a Finance Department including exposure to most aspects of purchase ledger processing. Have good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and the ability to organise own workload and be able to work autonomously. The ability to work to deadlines and within a team environment is key as well as attention to accuracy and detail. Please apply for more information and please do not be put off if you do not have all of the experience and skills required. If you have the majority of skills and relevant experience, we would still like to hear from you!