The Role
We are seeking a self‑driven, tenacious Finance Assistant to manage reconciliations of our sales ledger. The ideal candidate will bring a good understanding of bookkeeping and thrive in a high‑change environment and will have strong attention to detail, and a proactive approach to problem solving. You will work closely with the Operational Finance Manager to maintain a high level of record keeping.
What you’ll do
* Sales Ledger: Managing and checking customer invoices through the ERP system. Processing and reconciling a high volume of customer invoices and remittances; proactively chasing outstanding remittances and managing customer queries through to resolution.
* Credit Control: Assisting the sales team with credit control and account management. Proactively managing the debtor ledger, chasing overdue accounts, and escalating where necessary – owning this process, not just supporting it.
* Query Management: Owning and resolving customer invoice and remittance queries in a timely and professional manner, including disputed invoices, short payments, and remittance discrepancies.
* Bank & Payment Reconciliations: Reconciling high‑volume, multi‑currency bank accounts and payments. Reconciling high‑volume, multi‑currency bank accounts across UK and EU operations, including FX reconciliation and payment gateway matching.
* Payroll Support: Assisting with the preparation of monthly payroll.
* Management Accounts: Supporting monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations.
* General Finance Support: Assisting Finance Managers and CFO with ad hoc tasks and supporting the wider finance team as needed.
What we’re looking for
* Previous experience in eCommerce is beneficial, but not essential.
* Experience in a high‑volume transactional finance environment is strongly preferred.
* At least 2 years’ experience in a similar finance or accounts role.
* Experience supporting payroll administration.
* Confident using Xero and Excel and the ability to build and maintain reconciliation templates.
* Well organised, with the ability to manage workload and meet deadlines.
* Professional and confident communication.
* Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
* Tenacious and determined.
* Comfortable working at pace in a high‑change environment.
* Working knowledge of UK VAT, including identifying and querying VAT errors on invoices and customer accounts (EU VAT exposure an advantage).
* A genuine willingness to embrace AI tools and automation to improve how we work – we are actively evolving our finance processes and want someone who finds that exciting.
What we offer
* Hybrid working options
* 25 days annual leave + bank holidays / pro‑rata
* Private Health Care
* Company Pension Scheme
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