Job Title: Finance Assistant
Location: Great Yarmouth
Salary: Up to 31k Depending Upon Experience
My client are one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of electric heating elements and associated assemblies.
Having expanded significantly, they moved to its current site in Great Yarmouth, where they continue to grow by serving a broad customer base and investing in modern technology.
Role Description
This is a full-time, on-site role for a Financial Assistant based in Great Yarmouth. The Financial Assistant will responsible for providing accurate, timely and efficient financial and administrative support to the Finance function. The Finance Assistant will be responsible for day to day transactional finance activities, reconciliations, invoicing, and processing weekly payroll, as well as supporting weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual finance processes, ensuring financial records are maintained in line with company procedures and statutory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
• Reconcile of bank accounts, and petty cash, including daily posting of bank transactions and completion of month end reconciliations
• Monitor factoring availability and funds through Ledgermaster and upload sales invoices to the system
• Process authorised supplier invoices, raise sales invoices, and ensure all invoices are scanned, electronically attached in Sage, and filed accurately in line with retention requirements
• Prepare and process supplier payment runs and maintain accurate supplier account records
• Resolve supplier invoice and payment queries, chase missing or incorrect invoices, and review aged creditor balances, highlighting discrepancies as required
• Support credit control activities, sending statements and chasing payment where necessary.
• Circulate daily exchange rates and daily bank balance information to relevant stakeholders and senior management
• Support the Finance Manager in month-end close processes, including balance sheet reconciliations to ensure management accounts and statutory reporting are complete and accurate.
• Assist with quarterly financial reviews, audit preparation, and responding to information requests from internal and external stakeholders
• Support the Finance Manager in year-end accounts preparation, external audits, and ensure financial records are complete, accurate, and compliant
• Review financial procedures and controls, suggesting improvements where appropriate
• Processing the weekly payroll processing
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
• Previous proven experience in a finance or accounts assistant role
• Strong attention to detail with a high level of accuracy
• Experience of bank reconciliations and invoice processing
• Knowledge of payroll functions
• Good working knowledge of Sage 50 (or equivalent accounting software), Barclays Factoring platforms, and Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to manage routine deadlines and prioritise workload effectively
Personal Attributes
• Organised and methodical in approach
• Reliable and dependable
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Professional and confidential in handling financial information
• Proactive and willing to support colleagues during periods of absence
Technique-Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a proud equal opportunities employer, dedicated and specialist to the engineering and manufacturing industries. We work and support some of the most well-known companies in Norfolk and Suffolk. These vacancies are being advertised on behalf of Technique-Recruitment Solutions Ltd who are operating as an employment business and employment agency